VA Butler Healthcare System helped house 131 veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it permanently housed 51,936 homeless veterans across the country in fiscal year 2025.

A release by the department on Monday, Dec. 1, said the 2025 total, which includes 131 that were permanently housed by VA Butler Healthcare System, is 4,011 more veterans than housed in 2024.

The department said the data represents the best national performance since it began tracking the number of veterans permanently housed instead of the total number of housing placements, which more accurately counts the number of veterans helped.

Total housing placements for 2025 were 53,839, up by 2,715 from 2024, the release said.

In May, the department launched its Getting Veterans Off the Street initiative, in wh

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