Ending Veteran Homelessness

It’s already happening in communities like yours.

The proven approach that cut veteran homelessness in half can finish the mission.

Veteran homelessness is one of the clearest places where the country has already proven homelessness can be reduced. Over the past 15 years, communities across the U.S. have worked with focus and urgency to drive a 56% reduction in veteran homelessness, from more than 74,000 in 2010 to 32,495 in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded.

The mission is not complete. Thousands of veterans are still without a home, including many still sleeping outside who can be reached with resources that already exist. Completing the Mission is a national campaign to house veterans every day and make veteran homelessness rare and brief everywhere, coordinated by Community Solutions and powered by a broad base of supporters and partners.

324

Partners HAVE joined the mission to reduce Veteran Homelessness

33

States ARE making veteran homelessness rare and brief

32,495

The CURRENT veteran homeless count, the LOWEST ever recorded

6,661

Veterans housed as of October, 2026
10,000

Community Solutions has a goal to permanently house 10,000 veterans through the Built for Zero network over the next year.

How Communities are
Moving Veterans into Homes

Minnesota reaches a statewide milestone for housing veterans

Roughly 150 veterans are on the state registry today, down from more than 600 in 2010. Every jurisdiction can now move quickly when a veteran loses housing.

Manchester becomes the second New Hampshire city to meet federal veteran housing benchmarks

The city started with 47 veterans known by name and kept going as more were identified, adding a local fund to cover security deposits.

New Jersey reaches veteran housing milestone through state initiative

Bringing Veterans Home Initiative is a statewide effort designed to ensure veterans facing a housing crisis can quickly access the resources and support needed to find permanent housing.

Photos of previously homeless veterans Jerry Manley in their new homes at Abrigo Apartments with help by Community Solutions and their Built for Zero initiative in Aurora, Colorado, Friday, November 9, 2018. Built for Zero is a rigorous national change effort working to help a core group of committed communities end veteran and chronic homelessness.

Photo by Matt Nager
Photos of previously homeless veterans Jerry Manley in their new homes at Abrigo Apartments with help by Community Solutions and their Built for Zero initiative in Aurora, Colorado, Friday, November 9, 2018. Built for Zero is a rigorous national change effort working to help a core group of committed communities end veteran and chronic homelessness.

Photo by Matt Nager
Photos of previously homeless veterans Jerry Manley in their new homes at Abrigo Apartments with help by Community Solutions and their Built for Zero initiative in Aurora, Colorado, Friday, November 9, 2018. Built for Zero is a rigorous national change effort working to help a core group of committed communities end veteran and chronic homelessness.

Photo by Matt Nager
Photos of previously homeless veterans Jerry Manley in their new homes at Abrigo Apartments with help by Community Solutions and their Built for Zero initiative in Aurora, Colorado, Friday, November 9, 2018. Built for Zero is a rigorous national change effort working to help a core group of committed communities end veteran and chronic homelessness.

Photo by Matt Nager
Haile Lewis, HUD-VASH Social Worker, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (released). Video still frame from 2024 Built for Zero film series.
U.S. Army Veteran, Nathan Hansley (released) in his neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. Video still frame from 2024 Built for Zero film series.
Barry Smith (released) at the 2023 Annual Homelss Veterans Stand Down event at the VA Community Resource and Referral Center in Denver, Colorado.
Photos of previously homeless veterans Jerry Manley in their new homes at Abrigo Apartments with help by Community Solutions and their Built for Zero initiative in Aurora, Colorado, Friday, November 9, 2018. Built for Zero is a rigorous national change effort working to help a core group of committed communities end veteran and chronic homelessness.

Photo by Matt Nager

How to Reduce Veteran
Homelessness in your Community

Agencies Work Separately
Reactive
No Shared Data

Common Way

Shared List
Measurable
Coordinated

Proven Way

1

Run a command-center approach

VA partners, outreach teams, housing providers, landlords, and local governments work from one shared, live picture of who needs help and what housing is available. They meet regularly, review real-time information, and course-correct quickly when someone is stuck.

2

Secure housing options that fit 
different needs

Veterans cannot move off the street if there is nowhere real for them to go. Communities need a range of options: emergency housing, flexible rent help, move-in costs, security deposits, apartments, and supportive housing.

3

Know every veteran by name and need

Trusted outreach teams canvass streets, build relationships, and learn each veteran’s name, circumstances, and specific barriers. Documents, health care, income, transportation, a landlord willing to accept a voucher.

4

Support veterans after they move inside

Moving into housing is not always the finish line. Some veterans need health care, mental health care, addiction treatment, employment help, or tenancy support to stay housed.

Stay With the Mission

Veteran homelessness is at the lowest count ever recorded, and communities are housing veterans every day. Sign up and we’ll send you progress on the 10,000 goal along with stories from the places doing the work. Expect an email about once a month. We won’t share your information.

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