Veterans’ Homelessness to Cost Billions If Unaddressed

Veterans’ Homelessness to Cost Billions If Unaddressed
Members of the Australian Defence Forces (ADF) march during an Anzac Day parade in Brisbane, Australia on April 25, 2022. Dan Peled/Getty Images
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Veterans are almost three times as likely to end up on the street but three times less likely to ask for help, a new report has found.

In the past year, almost 6,000 or 5.3 percent of Australia’s half a million veterans, were on the streets, a rate almost three times higher than the general population.