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D.C. Hopes to Address the Special Needs of Homeless Vets, Beyond Just Housing
A new D.C. apartment complex puts services for homeless veterans onsite.
This story is part of a CityLab series launching this month on the state of homelessness policy in American cities.
On Veterans Day, performers including Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen, and Eminem will play the first-ever Concert for Valor on the National Mall. It's a salute to the nation's veterans and armed forces, who have been deployed at war for nearly 15 years now, and it will feature figures including Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg giving words of thanks for their service. The concert, which is being televised by HBO, is expected to draw inauguration-level crowds in D.C.—hundreds of thousands of people.