U.S. Senate Tackles Veteran Homelessness

by Shannon Moriarty · 2009-11-10 07:53:00 UTC
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Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs will tackle veteran's homelessness. More specifically - how to end it. This hearing comes one week after VA Secretary Shinseki made a bold commitment to ending veteran homelessness.

The hearing is happening now... you can watch it live or catch an archived video of the testimonies.

Check back later for a breakdown of what was discussed and what this could mean for the greater effort to end veteran homelessness.

Shannon Moriarty has worked in various homeless shelters and service organizations around the country. She is a graduate student studying housing and urban policy at Tufts University.
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