• Abplanalp, Le, Reavis, Green. The temporal relationships between social motivation and social interactions in people with serious mental illness and recent homelessness. Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England). 2025 Jun 3; 1-8, DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2025.2512312.
• Chapman AB, Scharfstein D, Byrne T, Montgomery AE, Suo Y, Effiong A, Shorter C, Huebler S, Greene T, Tsai J, Gelberg L, Kertesz SG, Nelson RE. The effect of a Veterans Affairs rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention program on long-term housing instability. Health services research. 2025 May 1; 60 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):e14428, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14428.
• Varley, DeRussy, Jones, Hoge, Gordon, Richman, Riggs, Gelberg, Gabrielian, Blosnich, Montgomery, Carey, Kertesz. The Association Between Chronic Pain, Substance use, and Primary Care Experience Among Veterans with Ongoing or Recent Homelessness. Journal of general internal medicine. 2024 Dec 1; 39(16):3172-3181, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-09078-x.
• Xu KY, Gabrielian SE, Brown TR. Mental Health Diagnoses in People Experiencing Homelessness. JAMA psychiatry. 2024 Oct 1; 81(10):1047.
• Kertesz SG, deRussy AJ, Hoge AE, Varley AL, Holmes SK, Riggs KR, Austin EL, Gordon AJ, Gabrielian SE, Pollio DE, Montgomery AE, Gelberg L, Steward JL, Jones AL, Richman JR. Organizational and patient factors associated with positive primary care experiences for veterans with current or recent homelessness. Health services research. 2024 Dec 1; 59(6):e14359.

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• Short-Term Financial Assistance for Veterans Facing Housing Instability Is a Cost-Effective Strategy for Improved Housing Stability and Health-Related Quality of Life
  This study used a simulation model to compare the costs, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and days of stable housing over two years for a hypothetical cohort of Veterans enrolled in Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) and experiencing housing insecurity who received temporary financial assistance (TFA) vs. those who did not. Findings showed that compared to SSVF without TFA for all...
  
  Date: November 5, 2024
• VA's Comprehensive Approach to Ending Homelessness Brought Larger Gains than in the General Population
  This analysis compared Veteran homelessness to homelessness in the general population during a 16-year study period. Findings showed that over the 13-year active period of Ending Veteran Homelessness initiative, there was a 55% decrease in homelessness among Veterans compared with a 9% decrease among the general population. Interviews with policy leaders suggest that adopting a “Housing First” pol...
  
  Date: January 29, 2024
• Significant Increase in Telehealth for Primary Care among Homeless Veterans Following the Pandemic
  This study sought to examine the extent to which homeless-experienced Veterans used telehealth services in primary care – and to characterize users before and after the onset of the pandemic. Findings showed that despite decreased access to health information technology and low pre-pandemic telehealth use, Veterans experiencing homelessness sustained a high use of telehealth in primary care post-p...
  
  Date: January 22, 2024
• Homelessness Associated with Increased Rates of All-Cause Mortality among Veterans with Lung and Colorectal Cancer
  This study sought to characterize the diagnosis, treatment, surgical outcomes, and mortality of unhoused compared to housed patients who received care in VA for lung, colorectal cancer (CRC), and breast cancer. Findings showed that homelessness was associated with increased rates of mortality for lung and colorectal cancer, as well as later stage at diagnosis for colorectal cancer. Veterans experi...
  
  Date: December 21, 2023
• Veterans Do Not Always Receive Appropriate Continuation of OUD Medications During Surgical Hospitalizations
  This study sought to describe practice patterns of perioperative buprenorphine use within VA – and patient outcomes up to 12 months following surgery. Findings showed that the majority of VA surgical patients in this study who received buprenorphine for opioid use disorder experienced a dose hold at some point during the perioperative period despite a trend in clinical guidelines recommending bupr...
  
  Date: September 20, 2021

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Engaging Veterans Experiencing Homelessness in Primary Care: A Systematic Review (02-11-2025)

Systematic Review - Engaging Veterans Experiencing Homelessness in VHA Health Care (11-05-2024)

FORUM (07-10-2024)

Evidence Assist - Resources for Preventing Homelessness (09-14-2023)

Systematic Review - Factors Associated with Homelessness Among US Veterans (07-11-2023)

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Videos

• Supporting Homeless Veterans 08/22/23

Podcasts

• Increasing Use of Video Telehealth among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness with Substance Use Disorder 04/25/2023
• Homeless and Vulnerable Veterans' Experiences of Primary Care 05/19/2020
• Understanding LGBTQ Veterans' Risk for Homelessness 04/21/2020

Other Resources

• Visit the VA website's main resource page for Veterans and their families who are facing housing challenges.