Missouri reaches record low for homeless veterans

MISSOURI(KBSI) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, reports that Veteran homelessness is at an all-time high low.

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness the results of the 2024 Count, which show a record low in Veteran homelessness since measurement began in 2009 and a 9% decrease in Missouri since 2023.

Nationwide, data shows a 11.7% reduction in Veterans experiencing homelessness since 2020 and a 55.6% reduction since 2010. 

The PIT Count is an annual count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January.

In Missouri, the data show were 546 Veterans experiencing homelessness in January 2024 down from 600 the year before for a decrease of 9%.

Nationwide, there were 32,882 Veterans experiencing homelessness in the United States, 13,851 of whom were unsheltered down from 35,574 and 15,507 in 2023, respectively.