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Resources for Homeless Veterans: HUD Makes Final FY 2010 Installment

The final installment of the FY 2010 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH) funding, which helps homeless veterans, will total $5.4 million. That money will be given to public housing authorities across 18 states and will serve to fund permanent housing as well as case management for almost 700 veterans.

HUD-VASH links up local housing authorities with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and HUD to help meet the VA's goal of ending homelessness among veterans. The program issues housing vouchers, which veterans then use to move into permanent housing alongside other veterans, thereby building a supportive community.

Recent studies of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have shown veterans are 50% more likely to become homeless than the average citizen. The more vouchers issued, the less veterans on the street.

HUD's vouchers can be assigned to particular housing units by local housing authorities. Veterans are then able to live in not just housing they can afford, but housing offering select supportive services, which are provided by local VA medical centers.

This installment is the final in a $75 million venture to support homeless veterans getting into permanent housing. The three previous installments have resulted in more than 10,000 housing vouchers issued across the country in the last year alone.

Not every veteran qualifies for the voucher program. Specific requirements focusing on need and ability must be met in order to receive vouchers.

If you are a disabled veteran who has been denied disability compensation or have not yet applied for benefits from the VA, a South Florida disability attorney from LaVan & Neidenberg is ready to help. To learn if you are entitled to certain programs and benefits contact our veterans disability rights firm today – 1-888-234-5758.