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  • VA has housed more than 43,000 Veterans experiencing homelessness this fiscal year

    VA has housed more than 43,000 Veterans experiencing homelessness this fiscal year

    Between between October 2023 and August 2024, VA housed 43,116 Veterans experiencing homelessness, surpassing its fiscal year 2024 goal to house 41,000 Veterans one month before the end of the fiscal year.

  • VA awards $52.5M to community organizations working to prevent Veteran suicide

    VA awards $52.5M to community organizations working to prevent Veteran suicide

    VA’s ongoing fight to prevent Veteran suicide — includes awarding $52.5 million in grants to community organizations implementing tailored suicide prevention programs and services for Veterans and their families.

  • VA awards over $800 million in grants to help homeless and at-risk Veterans and their families

    VA awards over $800 million in grants to help homeless and at-risk Veterans and their families

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will award $806.4 million in grants to help homeless and at-risk Veterans through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families and Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem programs.

  • VA awards $26.8M in grants to support legal services for Veterans experiencing or at risk for homelessness

    VA awards $26.8M in grants to support legal services for Veterans experiencing or at risk for homelessness

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is awarding $26.8 million in legal services grants with the goal of increasing access to legal services for eligible Veterans experiencing or at risk for homelessness.

  • VA announces updates to help Veterans using VA home loan benefits remain competitive in the housing market

    VA announces updates to help Veterans using VA home loan benefits remain competitive in the housing market

    Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that eligible Veterans, active-duty Service members, and surviving spouses who use the VA-guaranteed home loan benefit can pay for certain real estate buyer-broker fees when purchasing a home.

  • VA calls for extension of Veteran foreclosure moratorium through Dec. 31, 2024

    VA calls for extension of Veteran foreclosure moratorium through Dec. 31, 2024

    Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs strongly encouraged mortgage servicers to extend the Veteran foreclosure moratorium — originally slated to expire on May 31 – through Dec. 31.

  • VA announces new program to help more than 40,000 Veterans stay in their homes

    VA announces new program to help more than 40,000 Veterans stay in their homes

    The Department of Veterans Affairs will launch the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, May 31 — to help more than 40,000 Veterans experiencing severe financial hardship avoid foreclosure and stay in their homes.

  • VA announces goal to house 41,000+ Veterans experiencing homelessness in 2024

    VA announces goal to house 41,000+ Veterans experiencing homelessness in 2024

    The Department of Veterans Affairs announced its 2024 goals in support of its efforts to prevent and end Veteran homelessness.

  • VA announces $5M in grant funding for transitional supportive housing for homeless Veterans

    VA announces $5M in grant funding for transitional supportive housing for homeless Veterans

    The Department of Veterans Affairs published a Notice of Funding Opportunity for approximately $5 million in grants per year (for up to two years) to help Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

  • VA Secretary press conference, Tuesday, January 30, 2023

    VA Secretary press conference, Tuesday, January 30, 2023

    Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We welcome you to today's press conference, our first of the new year. It's great to see each of you here today. We have a couple of new reporters also in attendance as well as online, so we have some new faces there.

  • VA housed more than 46,000 homeless Veterans in 2023

    VA housed more than 46,000 homeless Veterans in 2023

    VA permanently houses 46,000+ homeless Veterans in 2023.

  • VA announces hundreds of millions in grant funding to help homeless Veterans after new data shows an uptick in homelessness

    VA announces hundreds of millions in grant funding to help homeless Veterans after new data shows an uptick in homelessness

    VA to provide millions in grant funding to help homeless Veterans following an uptick in homelessness.

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