By Niraj Chokshi
An earlier version of this post did not distinguish between homelessness and chronic homelessness.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said on Wednesday that his city has ended homelessness among veterans.
Landrieu said in a release that his is the first major city to end homelessness among veterans, though Phoenix and Salt Lake City said about a year ago that they had ended so-called chronic, or repeated, homelessness.
Both are, in part, a response to an administration goal oferadicating the problem nationally by 2015. In June, first lady Michelle Obama issued a Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness, an extension of that effort.
“Veteran homelessness is an important and challenging issue, and we are very proud of our accomplishment today in New Orleans, but the work of ending Veteran homelessness is never really done,” Landrieu said in a statement.
“That’s why we have also created a new and sustainable rapid response model that combines all available local, state, 
and federal resources with the work of our local active duty and former military personnel – utilizing Veterans to help Veterans.”
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