Roanoke City is expected to receive about $2.5 million from HUD this year and it will use it on services such as homeless prevention, housing development and job training.

The "Home Safe" program in the City of Roanoke aims to tackle homelessness by providing crucial support and resources to those in need.

Tens of thousands of dollars are heading to Roanoke to help veterans find affordable housing.

ROANOKE, Va. – Homelessness is on the rise in Virginia. Newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found a 3% increase from 2019 to 2020 for those experiencing homelessness on a single night. Nationally, it’s up 2.2%; however, in the Roanoke Valley trends are plunging. “Really focus on who we’re targeting with those resources, I think has really had an impact,” said Roanoke City’s Human Services Administrator Matt Crookshank. Crookshank said that nationally homelessness may spike, but in the Roanoke Valley, it might not be as bad as you’d expect.