Report: Veteran Homelessness Down 13% in Indiana

Source: Traditions Management

STATEWIDE–Veteran homeless is at a record low nationwide and is down 13% in Indiana, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

The 2024 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count was released this week and those results show that 13% decrease in Indiana since 2023. The PIT Count is annual count of both sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January. There were 422 homeless veterans in Indiana in January 2024, which was down from 488 the year before.

There were also celebrations all across Indiana for veterans on Veterans Day. In central Indiana at Traditions at North Willow in Indianapolis, 100-year-old World War II veteran Jesse Beyl, 95-year-old Korean War veteran Cloice Dotson, and other veterans were honored during a ceremony on Monday.

Dotson served as an Army corporal during the Korean War. He was assigned to an artillery unit, the 937th Field Artillery Battalion, known as the “Big Guns” of the 8th Army. He loaded 96 pound projectiles into the gun’s breach, firing shells up to 24 miles away.

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