Homefront Heroes with Housing Struggles
This Memorial Day, in addition to words of gratitude and affirmation, here's how to help veterans and their families access affordable housing choices that accept their hard-earned benefits.
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Did you know that some veterans and their families are being denied housing, not because of sketchy background checks or dismal credit, but simply because they want to use their hard-earned military benefits?
“Vouchers to Nowhere”
Have you ever noticed the rental ads that automatically say, “No vouchers allowed” or something similar?
Well, that excludes a lot of people, including those that are veterans and military families. And, unfortunately, part of the benefits that those that have served as well as their families receive comes in the form of a subsidy, also know as the shamed and shunned housing voucher.
Whether we call it a subsidy or voucher, it all falls under one’s source of income.
This Memorial Day, in addition to words of gratitude and affirmation, here’s how to help veterans access affordable housing choices that accept their hard-earned benefits: read the full story as featured in Inman News
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