The Safe Haven Program helps homeless veterans by placing them in these units for 90 days to help get them back on their feet. Program manager Y.G. Nyghtstorm said this is a vital service since there's now a new state law in effect banning people from sleeping in public...
"Housing has always been our number one call. And that call has risen. As Colorado has done better, we've grown, the need for affordable housing has grown as well, especially for veterans," Thome told CBS4's Melissa Garcia. Adam Paul, Mayor of Lakewood, said that as homelessness rises...
fire hazards and unsafe electrical systemsfor years. The county purchased it last year and promised to turn around. Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility provided case management and meals to veterans at the site, but they lived in squalor. Earlier this year the Veterans Administration...
“No veteran should ever have to experience homelessness, but when they do, they should not face barriers to getting help they deserve,” HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman said in the announcement. “This policy change will ensure that veterans who are receiving the disability benefits they ea...
El Monte Opens New Housing Project for Homeless VeteransEL MONTE » Homeless veteran Ronnie McCarthon said his path tosobriety over the past two years...Kimitch, Rebecca
A program with a proven track record to help homeless veterans is being under-utilized and Congress wants to know why. (Getty Images) Lawmakers want to know why thousands of housing vouchers for destitute veterans are going unused each year despi...
To help the growing homeless crisis in Los Angeles, design firm Brooks and Scarpa built a dedicated housing project for disabled veterans.
doi:10.1001/archpsyc.60.9.940 Abstract Background Supported housing, integrating clinical and housing services, is a widely advocated intervention for homeless people with mental illness. In 1992, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Department of Veterans Affairs (...
Giving some homeless mothers with young children a place to live may do little to help them if it is not combined with support services, a first-of-its-kind study showed. Ad Researchers found that young moms with asubstance use disordershowed less improvement if they were given onlyhousingwhe...
Veterans have several pathways to homeownership. Housing resources at federal, state and local levels, in addition to VA home loans, can help.