; Whereas the Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that more than 31,000 veterans are homeless, with nearly half experiencing unsheltered homelessness; Whereas the Department of Veterans Affairs has developed several housing assistance initiatives, including integrating increasing voucher use and accelerate housing placements, increasing veterans’ access to legal services through legal services grants and community partnerships, as well as assisting with advancing veteran employment within the labor force to address the complex problems surrounding homeless veterans; Whereas Texas leads the Nation in both overall veteran-owned and women-veteran-owned businesses; and Whereas, despite gains with veteran-owned businesses, roughly two-thirds of veterans struggle with the transition from military service to civilian life, and note that finding a job is one of the greatest challenges in doing so given the difficulty with transferring their military skills to a civilian work environment: Now, therefore, be it