Veterans who have sacrificed a lot to serve the country at war in foreign lands should in no way be faced with housing problems that could lead them to start leaving on the streets without hope and care. To ensure that this fact is adhered to, there are several federal programs that ensure that housing for veterans is not an issue at all. For more information please visit: http://www.GreenCollarVets.org

2. Veterans who have sacrificed a lot to serve
the country at war in foreign lands should in
no way be faced with housing problems that
could lead them to start leaving on the streets
without hope and care.
To ensure that this fact is adhered to, there
are several federal programs that ensure that
housing for veterans is not an issue at all.
www.GreenCollarVets.org

3. The programs offer assistance to veterans
who do not have homes as well as their
families.
The housing and urban development
department of the United States together with
the supportive housing program for the
veterans (referred to as HUD-VASH) ensure
that homeless veterans get permanent and
supportive housing as well as treatment
services.
www.GreenCollarVets.org

4. The housing and urban development
department of US has up to now allocated
about 38000 housing choice vouchers that
make it possible for veterans that are
homeless together with their families to get
rental houses that go at a market rate while
the supportive housing program for the
veterans gives case management services to
the veterans.
www.GreenCollarVets.org

5. Usually, the landlord of the rented house will
get a housing subsidy from the local public
authority. This rental money is paid for the
veteran that will take that house.
After that is done, the veteran will only need
to pay the balance that remains when you
subtract the amount that has been subsidized
from the actual rent that the landlord needs
to get.
www.GreenCollarVets.org

6. The case management services provided by
the supportive housing program for the
veterans come in handy when there is need
for facilitation of achievement of the recovery
goals of the veterans.
The HUD-VASH program usually has its focus
on the vulnerable veterans, and it also offers
special services to women veterans, the
veterans that have returned from combat
zones recently and also those veterans that
are disabled.
www.GreenCollarVets.org

7. You as a citizen can be of much help and
contribution to the HUD-VASH program if you
can refer to them any homeless veteran that
you know about.
The Veteran Affairs program gives extensive
resources as well as support to the homeless
veterans either through community partners
or by reaching the veterans directly.
www.GreenCollarVets.org

8. So it is of utmost importance for everyone to
know about these programs in order to help
homeless veterans.
You can also be a hero by helping that
homeless veteran you know so that they can
be connected with the services that they
deserve after having served the country
tirelessly.
www.GreenCollarVets.org

9. The Grant-and-Per Diem (GPD) is another
program that helps homeless veterans.
It gives funds to agencies that are
community-based, which provide service
centers or transitional housing to the homeless
veterans.
www.GreenCollarVets.org

10. The supportive housing program for the
veterans' works with this program by offering
grants that can be able to fund about 65
percent of its project which could be
construction, acquisition as well as renovation
of facilities and even purchasing vans that will
be of service and outreach to the homeless
veterans.
These are just but a few programs.
www.GreenCollarVets.org

11. There are others like the GroHome and Tarrant
County Housing programs which are also
dedicated to making sure that no veterans
are homeless.
If you want to support homeless veterans
check out Green Collar Vets today at
www.greencollarvets.org
www.GreenCollarVets.org