Homelessness & Housing Support
A beginner’s guide to Veteran homelessness
A three-part mini-series podcast introduces Veteran homelessness, where we stand and how we’re working to fix it.
Category: Housing & Home Loans
Homelessness & Housing Support
VA has housed more than 43,000 Veterans experiencing homelessness this fiscal year
Between between October 2023 and August 2024, VA housed 43,116 Veterans experiencing homelessness, surpassing its fiscal year 2024 goal to house 41,000 Veterans one month before the end of the fiscal year.
Homelessness & Housing Support
VA awards over $800 million in grants to help homeless and at-risk Veterans and their families
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will award $806.4 million in grants to help homeless and at-risk Veterans through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families and Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem programs.
Housing & Home Loans
From tiny shelter to tranquil apartment with help from VA
Veteran LaVerne Jackson went from living in a tiny emergency shelter to an apartment with help from VA and its partners.
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Mobile medical units bring needed care to unsheltered Veterans
On this month’s Ending Veteran Homelessness podcast, we discuss the full rollout of the new mobile medical unit program.
Homelessness & Housing Support
VA awards $26.8M in grants to support legal services for Veterans experiencing or at risk for homelessness
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is awarding $26.8 million in legal services grants with the goal of increasing access to legal services for eligible Veterans experiencing or at risk for homelessness.
Housing & Home Loans
Celebrating 80 years of the VA home loan program
Over the past eight decades, VA’s Home Loan program has helped Veterans to secure more than 28 million home loans.
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Homeless outreach team helps a Veteran and his family
Eoighin McGilligan’s transition didn’t turn out as planned… he and his five children were nearly homeless, twice.
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VA and community declare end to North Texas Veteran homelessness
Dallas joins 83 communities across the United States that formally declared an effective end to Veteran homelessness.
Housing & Home Loans
VA announces updates to help Veterans using VA home loan benefits remain competitive in the housing market
Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that eligible Veterans, active-duty Service members, and surviving spouses who use the VA-guaranteed home loan benefit can pay for certain real estate buyer-broker fees when purchasing a home.
Homelessness & Housing Support
VA2K Walk & Roll for homeless Veterans
Eastern Oklahoma VA employees, Veterans caregivers and the community break out their capes for the 2024 VA2K Walk & Roll.
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VA calls for extension of Veteran foreclosure moratorium through Dec. 31, 2024
Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs strongly encouraged mortgage servicers to extend the Veteran foreclosure moratorium — originally slated to expire on May 31 – through Dec. 31.