Along a busy Atlanta residential road, a 68-year-old Vietnam War-era Army veteran found what he calls a "match made in heaven." Harold Tilson Jr. found himself homeless earlier this year but for the past few months has been living in transitional housing run by the nonprofit Veterans Empowerment Organization, or VEO. It provides emergency and permanent housing for dozens of previously homeless military veterans. "If you re homeless and you need help, you couldn t ask for a better place to go because they take care of just about everything," he said. It s part of a yearslong effort by government agencies and nonprofits around the country to address homelessness among veterans. Since January 2020, the numbers of homeless veterans have fallen 11% and have gone down 55% over the past 13 years, according to a government count. That s in sharp contrast with the general homeless population.
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Along a busy Atlanta residential road, a 68-year-old Vietnam War-era Army veteran found what he calls a "match made in heaven." Harold Tilson Jr. found himself homeless earlier this year but for the past few months has been living in transitional housing run by the nonprofit Veterans Empowerment Organization, or VEO. It provides emergency and permanent housing for dozens of previously homeless military veterans. "If you re homeless and you need help, you couldn t ask for a better place to go because they take care of just about everything," he said. It s part of a yearslong effort by government agencies and nonprofits around the country to address homelessness among veterans. Since January 2020, the numbers of homeless veterans have fallen 11% and have gone down 55% over the past 13 years, according to a government count. That s in sharp contrast with the general homeless population.
The government has cut the homeless veteran population by over 50% in a decade, but 33,000 are still on the streets fortune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fortune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Government agencies and nonprofits around the country have long been working to reduce the numbers of homeless veterans. And they've had notable success.