As homelessness among families doubles in the District, dozens of
homeless veterans will be fast-tracked to a roof over their heads Wednesday
morning in a D.C. Housing Authority event.
The authority hasn't received housing vouchers for non-veteran homeless people in
roughly seven years, says Dena Michaelson, spokeswoman for DCHA. But a special
joint program between the departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development received congressional funding for 60 to 70 homeless veterans, already
screened by VA, to participate in the Veterans Assisted Supportive Housing program
on Wednesday.
The program received $1.5 million in its most recent funding to add 150 new
participants, bringing the total program for housing to 744 veteran families and
individuals
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