international industry, carolyn malone al jazeera. >>> keep up to date with our stories via the web sielt site on al jazeera.com and facebook and twitter as well, if you want to tet me i'll tweet you and i'm at ajdobbs. ♪ weet me i'll tweet you and i' at ajdobbs. ♪ i'm ali velshi. on target tonight. homeless on the home front. let's get those who fought so bravely for america off the street and into stable housing for good. 49,933. that is the government's most recent estimate of how many american veterans are homeless on any given night in this country. nearly 50,000 men and women who served their country are living without a roof over their heads. it's a situation that many americans find shameful. some experts say the real number of homeless veterans is about twice that figure, 100,000. whatever the number, the experts agree it's about 11% of all homeless adults, but here is the good news. the fish estimate of homeless veterans is down by a third from 2010. tonight i am going to look at how america is trying to eliminate homelessness among veterans entirely and the obstacles it faces.