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 * Military justice
 * Homeless veterans in the United States
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COVID-19
In recent years, there have been improvements in policies and programs with the goal to reduce the number of homeless veterans in the United States. For example, the Housing and Urban Development – Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH), first started in 1992, a program designed to show supportive services are beneficial in reducing veteran homelessness. This program expanded under the Obama administration because of the rise of veteran homelessness after those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Although there were criticisms of the effectiveness of the HUD-VASH, there was a decline in veteran homelessness. Other bills such as the Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act and the Homeless Veterans Prevention Act, are in the process of being passed to allow the VA to use funds it has with other organizations to give legal assistance. The current COVID-19 pandemic has worsened this public issue of veteran homelessness. COVID-19 has already had a drastic impact on the lives of Americans across the United States, but it disproportionately affects people of color and those who are vulnerable. Many veterans were already struggling before the pandemic, with “over 40,000 Veterans experiencing homelessness in 2019 and an additional 1.4 million more at-risk.” These veterans are facing medical, housing, employment, and mental challenges that have worsened with the pandemic.

COVID-19
The introduction of COVID-19 in 2019 has impacted the as sa