Posted on November 5, 2014 by Kristen Meriwether in Gotham Gazette Gotham Gazette, By Kristen Meriwether While homelessness in the city continues to rise, homelessness among the city’s military veterans has decreased by 64 percent (a total of 3,032 veterans) since 2011, according to HUD’s 2014 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress.