Homeless Veterans

More than 10,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are homeless or in programs aiming to keep them off the streets; since 2006, that number has doubled.

A reason why some of these veterans are homeless is the high costs of medical bills from post traumatic depression and stress, and physical injuries. While serving in Afghanistan or Iraq, soldiers could be exposed to asbestos from the houses where they were based in. Asbestos is used frequently in those areas because of the price and the properties.