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Homes for Heroes Act
HR 3329, the Homes for Heroes Act of 2007, introduced by Rep. Al Green (D-TX) was passed by the House of Representatives. The Senate version of the bill, S. 1084, needs your help to in order to receive a vote on the Senate floor.
On any given night 154,000 veterans sleep on the streets across the nation. Veterans make up between 18 percent and 23 percent of the adult homeless population in the United States while they make up only 12.6 percent of the total population. The bill would establish a $200 million assistance program for supportive housing and services for low-income veterans, expand the HUD-VASH Program by creating 20,000 vouchers, and authorize $1 million in HUD grants to assist housing and service providers with the execution of their housing projects for veterans. These provisions will go a long way to getting our veterans off the streets and into permanent supportive housing programs.
"While the brave men and women of our nation's armed forces have risked their lives to protect us within and without our homes, too many among them have no place to call home," said Rep. Green. "We must work together to truly honor those who have sacrificed for our country by providing them with the assistance they deserve and have so richly earned."
Currently, the Homes for Heroes Act has only 10 senators who have signed on as co-sponsors to S. 1084. To ensure a vote in the Senate, contact your senators today and tell them to support the Homes for Heroes Act.
Source: American Legion Auxiliary
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