{"id":25975,"date":"2026-05-15T10:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25975"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:26:08","slug":"understanding-connection-veteran-homelessness-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25975","title":{"rendered":"Understanding connection: Veteran homelessness and mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why housing stability is essential to mental health treatment and recovery for Veterans experiencing homelessness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among Veterans receiving VA care, those experiencing homelessness or enrolled in HUD-VASH (Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing) face significantly higher risks of mental health and substance use challenges\u2014often two to six times higher than Veterans with stable housing.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/146724\/connection-veteran-homelessness-mental-health\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/146724\/connection-veteran-homelessness-mental-health\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Why housing stability is essential to mental health treatment and recovery for Veterans experiencing homelessness. Among Veterans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246,48,7],"tags":[1351,91,88,87,245],"class_list":["post-25975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homelessness","category-mental-healthbehavioral-health","category-veterans-benefits","tag-hud-va-supportive-housing-hud-vash-program-a","tag-mental-health","tag-veteran-homelessness","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25976,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25975\/revisions\/25976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}