Homelessness: Veterans
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to reduce veteran homelessness.
Answered by Alison McGovern
The Prime Minister announced an ambition to house all veterans in housing need in September 2024. The government made changes to social housing allocations regulations to exempt all veterans of the Regular Armed Forces from local connection and residency tests to facilitate their access to social housing in England.
In November 2025, we committed an additional £12 million to vital homelessness services through the Reducing Veteran Homelessness programme. Op FORTITUDE has also been extended, putting the service that has already housed over 1,100 veterans on a sustainable footing. These programmes will deliver support services across the UK for veterans at risk of or experiencing homelessness, fulfilling the Prime Minister’s pledge that homes will be there for heroes.
The Government launched VALOUR, which aims to improve coordination of and access to services for veterans, develop veterans' support centres and gather timely data to ensure veterans' needs are being met.
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