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HUD Region V No. 12-050
HUD Contact: Laura J. Feldman (312) 913-8332
VA Contact: Josh Taylor (202) 461-7216
For Release
Tuesday
March 27, 2012

HUD, VA PROVIDE PERMANENT HOUSING AND SUPPORT MORE THAN 180 HOMELESS VETS IN INDIANA
Latest estimate shows national veterans homelessness fell by nearly 12 percent

WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced today that HUD will provide $916,440 to public housing agencies in Indiana to supply permanent housing and case management for more than 180 homeless veterans in the state.

The permanent supportive housing assistance announced today is provided through HUD's Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH), a program administered by HUD, VA, and local housing agencies across the country. See complete local breakdown of the rental vouchers announced today on HUD's website.

"It's a national disgrace that one out of every six men and women in our shelters once wore a uniform to serve our country," said HUD Secretary Donovan. "But we know that by providing housing assistance and case management services, we can significantly reduce the number of veterans living on our streets. Working together, HUD, VA and local housing agencies are making real progress toward ending veteran homelessness once and for all."

"Under the leadership of President Obama, we have made significant progress in the fight to end homelessness among veterans, but more work remains," said VA Secretary Shinseki. "The partnership between the federal government and community agencies across the country has strengthened all of our efforts to honor our veterans and keep us on track to prevent and eliminate veteran homelessness by 2015."

"These grants are reducing the number of homeless veterans in Indiana," said Antonio R. Riley, HUD's Midwest Regional Administrator. "We continue to work toward the day we see all of our veterans off the streets and in safe, secure homes - we owe them at least that much."

This funding to local housing agencies is part of the Obama Administration's commitment to end Veteran and long-term chronic homelessness by 2015. Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness (http://www.usich.gov/PDF/FactSheetVeterans.pdf) serves as a roadmap for how the federal government will work with state and local agreements to confront the root causes of homelessness, especially among former servicemen and women.

The grants announced today are part of $75 million appropriated for Fiscal Year 2012 to support the housing needs of approximately 10,500 homeless veterans. VA Medical Centers (VAMC) provides supportive services and case management to eligible homeless veterans. This is the first of two rounds of the 2012 HUD-VASH funding. HUD expects to announce the remaining funding by the end of this summer.

VAMCs work closely with homeless veterans then refer them to public housing agencies for these vouchers, based upon a variety of factors, most importantly the duration of the homelessness and the need for longer term more intensive support to obtain and maintain permanent housing. The HUD-VASH program includes both the rental assistance the voucher provides and the comprehensive case management that VAMC staff provides.

Veterans participating in the HUD-VASH program rent privately owned housing and generally contribute no more than 30 percent of their income toward rent. VA offers eligible homeless veterans clinical and supportive services through its medical centers across the U.S., Guam and Puerto Rico.

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VA is the federal government's second-largest cabinet office. Secretary Shinseki has outlined three key priorities for the department: increase Veteran access to VA services and benefits, eliminate the disability claims backlog, and end Veteran homelessness. VA provides health care to more than 6 million people each year, in 91 million outpatient visits and 960,000 hospitalizations. This year, VA will provide over $1 billion in specialized homeless program funding, more than $58 billion annually in disability pay and pensions to 4.5 million Americans, $10 billion in educational assistance, $1 billion for home loans and $2.6 billion for life insurance. More information about VA is available at www.va.gov.

 

CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY VA MEDICAL CENTER # OF VOUCHERS
1 year budget authority for vouchers awarded
Ft. Wayne Fort Wayne Housing Authority VA Northern IN HCS/Fort Wayne Campus 15 $68,375
Muncie Housing Authority of the City of Muncie VA Northern IN HCS/Muncie CBOC 15 $83,276
Kokomo Kokomo Housing Authority VA Northern IN HCS/Peru CBOC 15 $78,471
Gary Housing Authority of the City of Gary Jesse Brown VAMC/Adam Benjamin, Jr. OPC 15 $111,862
Evansville Housing Authority of the City of Evansville Marion VAMC/Evansville OPC 15 $76,310
Indianapolis Indianapolis Housing Agency Richard L Roudebush VAMC 50 $240,884
Bloomington Housing Authority of the City of Bloomington Richard L Roudebush VAMC/Bloomington CBOC 25 $132,445
Marion Housing Authority of the City of Marion Marion VAMC 15 $45,876
South Bend Indiana Housing And Community Development Authority VA Northern IN HCS/South Bend VA OPC 15 $78,939
    Indiana Total 180 $916,440

 

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