Misconduct discharges increase risk of homelessness among veterans... Study: Troops discharged for misconduct at greater risk of homelessness August 25, 2015 - Troops separated from military service because of misconduct are far more likely to become homeless than other veterans, a study released Tuesday has found.
LA City Council pledges $100 million to work against homelessness... LA City Council committee declares state of emergency on homelessness Sept. 22, 2015 -- A City Council committee in Los Angeles declared Tuesday a state of emergency on homelessness and pledged to commit $100 million to work against it.
Granny says, "Dat's right - dat's a good idea... Criminalizing Homelessness Can Now Cost Cities Federal Money\ Sep 22, 2015 - After arguing last month that local ordinances criminalizing people for being homeless are unconstitutional, the Obama administration will now tie federal funding to whether municipalities are cracking down on criminalization measures.
This article does a great job at smearing homeless veterans. Why not say 75% of homeless veterans got a Honorable Discharge?
Senate panel votes to cut back GI Bill Housing Aid... Vets Group Criticizes Senate Panel Vote to Curb GI Bill Housing Aid May 13, 2016 | A veterans group is criticizing a key Senate veterans committee for voting to curb the GI Bill housing allowance.
Homes for Vets... Advocates Rally to Stop Senate Plan to Cut Military Housing Allowance Jun 01, 2016 | Military advocates are rallying to stop a proposal in the U.S. Senate to reduce military housing allowances.
No End in Sight for Veteran Homeless Crisis... Past Deadline, Feds See No End in Sight for Veteran Homeless Crisis Aug 26, 2016 | WASHINGTON Federal agencies now say they cannot predict the end of homelessness among veterans, a national crisis that President Barack Obama hoped to stop by 2015.
if they choose to live like that, they are free to if they want help we should help them.... i suggest a war tax anytime we are at war to help returning soldiers and their families
Whatever Phoenix is doing right, Washington needs to take a lesson from... Program to End Homelessness Among Veterans Reaches a Milestone in Arizona JAN. 15, 2014 Their descent into homelessness began almost as soon as they had closed a dignified chapter in their lives: their military service.
Homeless vet remembered in death... Hundreds Attend Funeral for Homeless Vet They Didn't Know Nov 30, 2016 They had never met Stephen Carl Reiman, but hundreds of people packed a Wyoming chapel on Tuesday to mourn the homeless U.S. Navy veteran who died where he was a stranger. It was standing room only at the chapel in Evansville for Reiman's funeral, the Casper Star-Tribune reported.
If you are kicked out of service for using drugs then your problem is your drug use not the discharge.
Agreed. Many enter the armed forces because of lack of opportunity in their hometowns. Those opportunities are still lacking when they get out, plus many have unreported/undiagnosed PTSD and are even less capable of coping with the situation than before they were shipped off in the first place. The VA does what it can, but is largely representative of the affluence of the area its located. IOW, in struggling towns its a flophouse and in wealthy retirement areas its a luxury resort. This is not to mention the severe culture shock of coming back. People stateside react to non-lethal situations as if they were. No ones going to die if the burger you ordered is med well instead of med rare, your family isn't going to be fire bombed if traffic makes you late for work, but you'd think so from the way civilians behave. I think everyone knows 'that guy', the one that re-deploys over and over again way past the point where they have to. Most of thats because of a real love of their fellow servicemen and a need to feel they make an important contribution somewhere, but some of its because of the truly ugly nature of so many people in the states.