The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairwoman unveiled a bill Monday aimed at helping homeless female veterans.
The Veterans Affairs Department and Obama administration have been making progress toward a goal of eliminating veterans’ homelessness within five years, with a 12 percent reduction in homeless veterans between 2010 and 2011.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the veterans’ committee chairwoman, said she is pleased by the progress, which has come largely through interagency efforts, but “the number of homeless women veterans has continued to increase.”
Part of the reason is the scarcity of housing options for women with children, she said — and often when housing is available, it is inadequate.
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