Help with rent from the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program.

A new partnership was formed between Housing and Urban Development and the departments of Veterans Affairs. The goal of the program is to provide housing and rental assistance to tens of thousands of veterans and their family members across the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Guam.

Over 75$ million has been granted to the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program. The funds are being designated to various state public housing authorities, which will allow local government officials to give out tens of thousands of rental assistance vouchers that will help veterans pay their rent, security deposits, and avoid evictions from homes in their communities.

The chairwoman of the Senate Housing Appropriations subcommittee has said that these rental vouchers will pay for a year’s rent for a veteran who has sacrificed for our country.

In addition to providing rental assistance, eligible veterans and their families are provided case management and support services by their local Veterans Health Administration medical centers.

The various housing authorities at the local, state, and federal levels who mange HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) will work very closely with local VA medical centers to manage the assistance programs.

In addition, the VA Public Affairs Officer Mr. Shouse has said the Veterans Administration would provide a case manager as part of the partnership with HUD, and the case manager can provide such support as assistance with medical bills or even debt counseling.

The case managers who are assigned to the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program will help select the veterans and their families who most in need for help, and they will aid them with their housing needs and also follow up with them on any other needed care. Even the federal government mortgage assistance plan for Veterans will be offered.

The veterans who are receiving help may be having a hard time making rent and they face eviction, or they may be homeless today. In either case there is help for them.