There are fewer homeless vets, VA estimates

[unhappycamper]

There are fewer homeless vets, VA estimates
By Kimberly Hefling - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Mar 7, 2008 7:43:11 EST

WASHINGTON — The number of homeless veterans has declined to just over 150,000, the government says.

The Veterans Affairs Department estimates that on any given night last year, 154,000 veterans were homeless, about a 20 percent decrease from 195,827 in the agency’s 2006 estimate.

The decrease comes even as Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are trickling into shelters. VA has seen about 500 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in homeless-specific programs, and the number is increasing as the pool of troops who fought in the wars grows, said Pete Dougherty, VA’s director of homeless programs.

VA and community programs targeting homelessness, a decline in the number of living World War II, Korean and Vietnam veterans, and an improvement in the way the annual estimate was taken so fewer people were counted more than once were all credited as reasons behind the overall decline.

The estimate, which was made public Thursday, was reached by reviewing health utilization data among veterans and counts and surveys conducted by local communities.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/03/ap_homelessvets_030508/

[rpannier]

1. The government

The bush admin

That means you take the number they give and miltiply it by somewhere from 10 to 100000 to find the right answer.

[fasttense]

2. How convenient

to lower the estimate at a time when we have more households losing their homes to foreclosure than we did in the Republican Great Depression.

Families are losing their homes at a rate of 2,000 a day and yet Veterans are somehow reducing their numbers in the homeless population.

How convenient for the bushes, McCain and the Republican Liars Party.

[sam sarrha]

3. is the "DON'T LOOK, DON'T TELL" policy, if you're indigent living with family, you're still homeless

[fed-up]

4. if the count is taken midwinter when some found very temp roof then it will be skewed-nt