Homeless vets

Here's how cities across the US are helping house homeless veterans.

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00:00I was homeless because I never fit in nowhere, and I just kept moving.

00:13We leaned in, and together,

00:18I said that we were going to end veterans homelessness in New Orleans by the end of 2014.

00:24I've got windows. Look at the view.

00:28Oh my goodness. For real, is this built for me?

00:38And that's truly what we set out to accomplish.

00:45We set out to get homeless veterans off the streets,

00:48but we wanted to bring the veteran community together,

00:50to attack that problem of homelessness.

00:53I just fell apart and lost everything.

00:58I found myself in the streets around Culver City and Santa Monica.

01:12It feels good.

01:13Sometimes I walk around an apartment with no TV or nothing on,

01:16and just singing for no reason at all, but I'm just happy.

01:32Because that person is using the emergency rooms for their primary health care,

01:39they may be cycling in and out of jail or prison.

01:43They may be cycling in and out of jail or prison.

01:46They're really suffering out on our streets.

01:48What we know is that permanent supportive housing is actually 40% cheaper

01:53than leaving someone on the streets.