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Federal Veteran Housing Program Gets Back on Track

Nicole Bowden watches her daughter Zariah, 7, rides a scooter after eating dinner at their home in Calumet City on Sept. 3, 2024. Bowden had a HUD-VASH voucher through the Chicago Housing Authority ...
Yahoo

‘They’re scared’: Housing sites, programs for veterans to shrink without state funds

Gov. Tony Evers and Veterans Affairs Sec. James Bond spoke an event for veterans in the state Capitol on April 22, 2025. (Photo via Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Facebook page) Two ...
Yahoo

After stumbling for years, a federal program designed to address homelessness among veterans is getting back on track, especially in Chicago

Chris Murray was homeless, living on Lower Wacker Drive, after his mother died from COVID-19 in 2020. Her death, he said, caused him to go “off the deep end.” His heroin addiction grew worse, and he ...
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VA announces record housing for homeless veterans

During fiscal year 2025, the VA reports it permanently housed 51,936 veterans. That number is an increase of 4,011 from last ...
AOL

GOP bill to fund veterans housing program gets hearing, but not in time to stop closures

Gov. Tony Evers and Veterans Affairs Sec. James Bond spoke an event for veterans in the state Capitol on April 22, 2025. (Photo via Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Facebook page) A Republican ...

51,936 homeless veterans secure permanent housing nationwide

According to officials, on Nov. 26, the Department of Veterans Affairs says that 51,936 homeless Veterans have found ...
KEYT

Housing advocates ‘very worried’ veterans could face foreclosure as VA mortgage rescue program phases out

(CNN) — Affordable housing advocates and congressional Democrats are warning that more foreclosures may occur as the Department of Veterans Affairs phases out a mortgage rescue program for financially ...
News Tribune

Columbia VA assists more than 150 homeless veterans in finding permanent housing

The Department of Veterans Affairs in Columbia found permanent housing for 158 homeless veterans this year, a segment of the record-number of veterans nationally who now have a stable place to live.
Politifact

Homeless prevention program launched

In his 2008 presidential campaign, President Barack Obama outlined the creation of a program targeted at preventing homelessness for financially, physically and mentally at-risk veterans and their ...
Chicago Tribune

Affordable housing development for veterans opens in Chicago Heights

Nearly 100 veterans, elected officials and housing authority representatives gathered Friday in Chicago Heights to celebrate the opening of Otto Veterans Square, an 82-unit affordable housing complex ...
PBS

Veterans Hope Wisconsin Will Restore Homeless Program Funds

Legislation would restore funds to transitional housing facilities for homeless veterans. A lack of funds in Wisconsin's 2025-27 state budget is causing two out of three transitional housing ...