Two changes will allow residents to make larger amounts of money and still qualify for the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program, known as VASH.
Now living in San Diego, Tracy Vaughan served in the U.S. Army from 2000-2003, stationed at Ft. Lewis in Washington state. Vaughan had been living on the streets off and on for the past three and a half years. On Oct. 9th, she received a housing voucher and hopes to move into an apartment soon. New federal policies should make more homeless veterans in San Diego County eligible for housing vouchers amid an increased number of people living on local streets who served in the military.
“This is a major win,” U.S. Democratic Rep. Mike Levin said Thursday at a press conference in Encinitas. “You literally saw housing projects built, and veterans in tents right outside of them, because their disability income put them over the cap.” There are many reasons why, including the region’s brutal housing market, and during the Veterans Village of San Diego’s Stand Down event earlier this month officials asked landlords willing to rent to people who’ve been homeless toPeter Hunter, a deputy assistant secretary with the U.S.
Officials estimate that thousands of homeless and low-income veterans nationwide should be newly eligible for vouchers, although it was not immediately clear what that number might be in San Diego County.
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