House All Vets blog

This blog is a tool for me to organize my thoughts around issues facing veterans who are homeless or who are at high risk of experiencing homelessness. Through this blog, I plan to tackle the following areas:

• Preventing and ending homelessness among Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom veterans
• Preventing and ending family homelessness among veterans
• Ensuring housing for women veterans
  
• Ensuring jobs, income and access to all benefits and entitlements available to veterans
• Health and homelessness among veterans, including mental health and substance abuse issues
• Criminal justice issues as they pertain to housing, particularly prisoner re-entry and access to housing and employment opportunities

Over the course, I will summarize the work and programs of the major players, both public and private. I will paint a portrait of the funding and economic landscapes surrounding programs aimed at keeping veterans housed, and I will share my thoughts on current topics including research, programs, and policy proposals affecting vets' housing.

"...and until we reach a day when not a single veteran sleeps on our nation's streets, our work remains unfinished." - President Barack Obama, March 16, 2009