by Rikki Almanza | Aug 7, 2026
Veterans experiencing homelessness may now receive additional assistance with transportation, communication, and urgent daily needs through their local VA medical center. The change allows VA facilities to spend designated homeless-program funds on practical items...
by Rikki Almanza | Apr 14, 2025
On April 10, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced a bill to prevent disabled Veterans facing homelessness from being denied housing assistance due to the disability benefits they receive. The Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act, HUDVA, led by Senators...
by Rikki Almanza | Aug 12, 2024
A new ruling on the Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing, HUD-VASH, program has lifted restrictions that previously disqualified Veterans receiving disability income from federal rental assistance after a recent federal court ruling declared HUD’s previous policy of...
by Rikki Almanza | Feb 1, 2024
In a move to support aging Veterans and combat homelessness, California launched the Veterans Support to Self-Reliance Pilot Program last year. Targeting Veterans aged 55 and above, the program enhances on-site supportive services at permanent supportive...
by Christian Southards | Jul 21, 2021
U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) reintroduced a bill on Monday that bars VA disability benefits from being counted as income when determining eligibility for housing assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development....
