HUD and the Department of Veterans Affairs are jointly administering 10,000 permanent housing vouchers funded in FY08 under the HUD VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. HUD and the VA developed a Questions and Answers to assist stakeholders in understanding the HUD-VASH program and the role that Continuums of Care and homeless service providers and Field Offices have already taken or may take to help address and alleviate homelessness within the veteran community.
To view the Q&A document click here.
To view the PowerPoint on HUD-VASH case management click here.
On April 16th the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development announced $75 million to provide permanent supportive housing for an estimated 10,000 homeless veterans nationwide.
Thirty-five each were assigned to the East Orange and Lyons VA Medical Centers. Because the VA Medical Center’s coverage areas often extend beyond the metropolitan areas in which they are located, it is possible that some of the one hundred and five assigned to Philadelphia VA Medical Center may assist homeless veterans in southern New Jersey.
Both the recently approved FY2009 Federal Budget and the proposed FY 2010 Budget contains an additional 10,000 homeless veterans nationwide.
