HUD awards $153,000 to end veteran homelessness
By Jackson Wang | June 11, 2018
ALBANY, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding several local cities thousands of dollars to try and end veteran homelessness.
HUD announced Monday that $153,000 will be provided to five public housing authorities: Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Glens Falls and Plattsburgh.
The money is made available through the “Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program.” It provides homeless veterans with case management and housing assistant to get them into permanent homes.
“What we can do and what we’ve done here is to create systems and invest resources that make veteran homelessness brief, rare and nonrecurring,” said Lisa Pugliese of HUD. “That is the goal that HUD VASH supports and the bi-partisan group of leaders that’s gathered here to celebrate.”
HUD says the money will provide permanent homes for 28 veterans.
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