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摘要

HUD and the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs released a report entitled Veteran Homelessness: A Supplement to the 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress. According to the assessment, nearly 76,000 veterans were homeless on a given night in 2009; roughly 1 36,000 veterans spent at least one night in a shelter during that year. Key findings from the report include: 1. More than 3,000 cities and counties reported 75,609 homeless veterans on a single night in January of 2009; 57 percent were staying in an emergency shelter or transitional housing program while the remaining 43 percent were unsheltered. Veterans represent approximately 1 2 percent of all homeless persons counted nationwide during the 2009 'point-in-time snapshot.'