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See "Shining a Light," our visual series honoring veterans housing organizations across the country |
Housing America's Heroes The housing needs of veterans will be a growing challenge for the country as more servicemembers return home from overseas. As they return, they will face housing challenges much like many in America are facing including foreclosure, burdensome housing costs, underwater mortgages, and homelessness. Communities, families, and individuals all face difficulties in adjusting to veterans coming home. Returning veterans are, of course, not the only population of veterans that the housing community can help serve. Many veterans of earlier conflicts are homeless, at-risk, or disabled, in need of supportive housing programs and assistance. Yet others need financial assistance, job training or employment counseling, and more services that NHC's members and partners—and the housing community at large—are in a good position to provide. NHC and the Center aim to empower the housing community in its efforts to address veterans housing needs, by providing facts, creating space for discussion, identifying solutions, and developing new policy responses. Veterans are an important community among the many that need better housing policy. Our country’s obligation to assist those who have served is clear. Resources for Veterans' Housing Issues Veterans Permanent Supportive Housing: Policy and Practice Housing America's Heroes: Facts about Veterans and Housing Paycheck to Paycheck, Summer 2012 update Resources from Veterans Housing Webinar Series 2012 Policy Symposium: On-demand coverage from C-SPAN.org Insights from Housing Policy Research: Veterans Housing Challenges
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For more information on NHC and the Center's veterans work, contact Maya Brennan at (202) 466-2121, Ext. 229, or at mbrennan@nhc.org. |
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