Staff Reports | Community Updates
The Department of Veterans Affairs permanently housed 51,936 homeless Veterans nationwide in fiscal year 2025 — 4,011 more than the previous year.
The Phoenix VA Health Care System accounted for 1,189 of those placements.
According to a press release, this marks VA’s best national performance since it began tracking the number of individual Veterans permanently housed rather than total housing placements, ensuring a more accurate count.
In May 2025, VA launched its Getting Veterans Off the Street initiative, which included outreach surge events at every VA health care system to locate unsheltered Veterans and offer immediate access to housing programs, health care, behavioral health services and VA benefits. The initiative helped move 25,065 unsheltered Veterans into interim or permanent housing.
“Ending Veteran homelessness is a top priority for the Phoenix VA Health Care System,” said Elijah Ditter, interim medical center director. “We are going to continue to provide critical resources and maintain our resolute determination to get our Veterans off the streets and into supportive housing.”
Mr. Ditter added that these efforts complement a May executive order establishing the National Center for Warrior Independence for Homeless Veterans on the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center campus. The center aims to provide housing and support for up to 6,000 homeless Veterans nationwide by 2028.
Every day, VA staff and community partners help Veterans find permanent housing — such as apartments or houses to rent or own — often with subsidies to make housing more affordable. In some cases, VA teams and partners help Veterans end homelessness by reuniting them with family and friends.
