Doing this will keep veterans off the streets, save the taxpayer money and most importantly save lives. Suicide rates among veterans with indications of homelessness is 186.5% higher than the suicide rate for veterans without a homelessness risk. So this is a very serious issue. It is literally life and death. Something clearly is not being done right at the VA and this is too important of an issue for us to ignore. (02:55–03:07)
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