News From the Cause
Number of Homeless Veterans Plunges at City Shelters: (NY TIMES)
June 04, 2009
The Bloomberg administration's program to provide housing for hundreds of homeless veterans should be considered a national model, Robert V. Hess, New York City's commissioner of homeless services, told the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs in Washington on Wednesday. Mr. Hess, a former Army sergeant, said that the Department of Homeless Services reduced the number of veterans living in city shelters by 60 percent from December 2006 to May 2009. In December 2006, city officials created a task force to begin moving homeless veterans into permanent housing. [click here to view] (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/number-of-homeless-veterans-plunges-at-city-shelters/)
