Why are United States Veterans still homeless after selfless sacrifice and dedication towards protecting and serving The United States? U.S. Veterans are still on the streets, even today, after coming back from combat or from the obligation of protecting the nation. U.S. Veterans are being mistreated by the U.S. government by not providing the necessary assistance in finding shelter. The Veterans Affair, however, have tried to assist Veterans in finding shelter through local companies that support in combating homeless Veterans. However, the Veterans Affair cannot support the U.S. Veterans due to the lack of financial assistance from the government. U.S. Veterans are homeless, and are in poverty due to a financial debt, lack of support from
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The Veterans Affairs department was created in order to assist those who are current and former military personnels. The department is able to provide health and housing benefits that will allow military personnels to live healthy. But the problem for those who are former military personnels, Veterans, are unable to access health and housing benefits due to an end in government contract. In an New York’s Time news article, Homeless veterans: whose responsibility?, Veterans are exasperated that the Veterans Affairs have not created free permanent military housing for Veterans. President Barack Obama, as well as the secretary of The Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, have done nothing to tackle the problem of homeless Veterans. That is why, according to the article, “the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the veterans department of dereliction of duty” (Homeless veterans: whose responsibility). It is the Veterans Affairs duty to support those men and women who have protected The United States from foreign or domestic terrorists acts by providing necessary housing benefits. In Gregg Zoroya’s article, VA restores aid to homeless veterans after backlash, the Veterans Affairs tried to help the Veterans in need of assistance but refused to assist those Veterans who were considered “less-than-honorable”. According to the article, “after the …show more content…
In recent years, The Veterans Affairs proposed to decrease the amount of homeless Veterans by introducing a fund for U.S. Veterans. In Gregg Zoroya’s article, VA restores aid to homeless veterans after backlash, Zoroya states that The Veterans Affair finally established a fund to help homeless Veterans. “The support programs funnel money from the Department of Veterans Affairs through local organizations to provide immediate financial support or transitional housing for homeless veterans” (Zoroya). The support programs were created to put Veterans back on their feet and to decrease the amount of homeless Veterans. However, the support programs are not effective in terms of putting all Veterans out of homelessness. In the article, Broken Promises to Homeless Vets, created by the New York Times in August, 2016, states that various support programs are helping decrease the amount of homeless Veterans, however the rate has been decreasing relatively slowly over the recent years. “The homeless count is still too high, though the numbers have been slowly going down -- by 17 percent nationally this year over last year” (Broken Promises to Homeless Vets). If the support programs and The Veterans Affairs were doing an efficient job of finding a solution to end homeless Veterans, the rate should have decreased tremendously over the years. In order to say that homeless
The Veterans Affairs department was created in order to assist those who are current and former military personnels. The department is able to provide health and housing benefits that will allow military personnels to live healthy. But the problem for those who are former military personnels, Veterans, are unable to access health and housing benefits due to an end in government contract. In an New York’s Time news article, Homeless veterans: whose responsibility?, Veterans are exasperated that the Veterans Affairs have not created free permanent military housing for Veterans. President Barack Obama, as well as the secretary of The Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, have done nothing to tackle the problem of homeless Veterans. That is why, according to the article, “the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the veterans department of dereliction of duty” (Homeless veterans: whose responsibility). It is the Veterans Affairs duty to support those men and women who have protected The United States from foreign or domestic terrorists acts by providing necessary housing benefits. In Gregg Zoroya’s article, VA restores aid to homeless veterans after backlash, the Veterans Affairs tried to help the Veterans in need of assistance but refused to assist those Veterans who were considered “less-than-honorable”. According to the article, “after the …show more content…
In recent years, The Veterans Affairs proposed to decrease the amount of homeless Veterans by introducing a fund for U.S. Veterans. In Gregg Zoroya’s article, VA restores aid to homeless veterans after backlash, Zoroya states that The Veterans Affair finally established a fund to help homeless Veterans. “The support programs funnel money from the Department of Veterans Affairs through local organizations to provide immediate financial support or transitional housing for homeless veterans” (Zoroya). The support programs were created to put Veterans back on their feet and to decrease the amount of homeless Veterans. However, the support programs are not effective in terms of putting all Veterans out of homelessness. In the article, Broken Promises to Homeless Vets, created by the New York Times in August, 2016, states that various support programs are helping decrease the amount of homeless Veterans, however the rate has been decreasing relatively slowly over the recent years. “The homeless count is still too high, though the numbers have been slowly going down -- by 17 percent nationally this year over last year” (Broken Promises to Homeless Vets). If the support programs and The Veterans Affairs were doing an efficient job of finding a solution to end homeless Veterans, the rate should have decreased tremendously over the years. In order to say that homeless