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CNN: Abilene, Texas, found a way to house all its homeless veterans. Other cities want to know the secret

Roughly 40,000 veterans are homeless in America every single day, according to a report by the US Interagency Council on Homelessness. Yet the Texas city of Abilene has succeeded at something that only eight other communities can boast: It has found a way to house its homeless veteran population.
March 5, 2019
From CNN

Roughly 40,000 veterans are homeless in America every single day, according to a report by the US Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Yet the Texas city of Abilene has succeeded at something that only eight other communities can boast: It has found a way to house its homeless veteran population.

A slew of homeless assistance organizations and Abilene Mayor Anthony Williams officially set an agenda for the city: to find a way to end homelessness for veterans in 100 days. The effort to house the city’s 30 homeless veterans began in October, and it has become a life-changing reality for veterans in the city.

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