For the first time in 12 years, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2023 data revealed an increase in homelessness among veterans, with a 7.4% increase between 2022 and 2023. Marine veteran and CEO of VetComm, Kate Monroe, is spotlighting critical factors contributing to the trends facing men and women who served our country yet struggle for a place to call home.
Monroe does not just pay lip service to one of the biggest social issues facing the nation, she gets into the trenches with regular tours of California’s most impacted cities and neighborhoods, like “Bottoms” in San Diego and San Francisco’s Tenderloin District – regularly consulting and interviewing individuals living on the streets. Through her research and expert consultations, Monroe endorses a “base camp” model to mitigate the many factors contributing homelessness.
