The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday that it will change a rule that counts service-related disability benefits as income, often excluding veterans from housing restricted to low-income residents.
Responding to months of pressure from veterans advocates and elected officials, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday that it will change a widely criticized rule that excludes the most disabled veterans from subsidized housing designed for them. The rule, which HUD officials had previously said they could not change, counts service-related disability benefits as income.
' Long a source of frustration and anger among veterans, the issue gained political traction as new housing was being built on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles campus and veterans living in a tiny home village there learned that they could not qualify for it because their income exceeded the limit for veterans' subsidies called HUD VASH vouchers.
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