The federal departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs recently issued a joint report on homeless veterans. According to the February 2011 report, nearly 76,000 veterans were homeless on at least one night in January 2009, based on a point-in-time estimate, and almost 136,000 veterans spent at least one night in a homeless shelter during 2009.
The report also found that a veteran is 50% more likely to become homeless than other Americans. According to the 2009 point-in-time estimate, the number of homeless veterans in Connecticut (approximately 462) constitute about 10% of the state's homeless population while Connecticut veterans only make up about 7% of the state’s total population.
