From a jail cell to a master’s degree in mental health counseling. Army Veteran Anthony Warren helps other Veterans as a HUD-VASH peer support specialist.
During National Pet Month and beyond, VA is working with multiple pet organizations to ensure that Veterans experiencing homelessness or housing instability have the support that they need to keep their pets healthy, safe and well cared for.
When Army OIF Veteran Casey Gauthier entered the Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program in Biloxi, Mississippi, in 2017, he was homeless.
WWII Veteran Hobart Balaton has a place to call his own, thanks to the caring staff at the VA Western New York and the HUD-VASH program.
In November 2018, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital opened Freedoms Path Hines II, an apartment building on its campus in Hines, Illinois, offering 52 one-, two-, and three-bedroom units to eligible local Veterans through the Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program.
In 2017, Army Veteran Laddie McMillian faced declining health and housing instability. He entered the Veterans Restoration Quarters after losing his home, then later obtained housing with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program.
Strong community partnerships are vital to ending Veteran homelessness — and VA employees play a key role in building these relationships.
An estimated 500 Native American Veterans are expected to benefit from housing and supportive services provided under the first-ever Tribal HUD-VASH program, which launched in early January 2016.
What began as a chance encounter on the first floor quickly became a coordinated team effort to help a Veteran facing overwhelming hardship.
The VA's housing programs help aging Veterans achieve housing stability, maintain independence, and rebuild meaningful connections.
There was a time when Robert Bell was living day to day, doing what he could to get by. Now he's surrounded by the family he fought to reconnect with.
With support from HUD-VASH, Navy Veteran Benjamin Parsons overcame serious medical challenges and homelessness to regain stability and mobility.
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