Columbus, OH

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Previously, a vet receiving disability checks would be barred from receiving federal housing subsidies.

New VA rules expand housing assistance for disabled veterans

The Center Square

(The Center Square) — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday it will spend $806.4 million in two grants to reduce homelessness among U.S. veterans.
                The VA will give $797.5 million to a program that will help veterans find and keep housing. The program is the Supportive Services for Veteran Families.
                There will be another $8.9 million given to the Grant and Per Diem Program to assist veterans with...

Veterans Affairs to spend $806.4M addressing homeless veterans

The Cigna Group Foundation has announced the launch of a three-year, $9 million initiative to improve the mental health and well-being of military veterans. With a first-year focus on housing stability—including efforts to increase permanent housing, improve housing affordability, and enhance wraparound services for veterans transitioning from shelters—the grant program will support nonprofit organizations leveraging evidence-informed programs and services to help local veterans. To that end, the foundation will prioritize grants in regions where the Cigna Group serves a significant number of customers with high and very high social determinant of health risks, including Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas. Among the first program grantees is Habitat for Humanity International, which received $250,000 to help increase homeownership opportunities to veterans through an expansion of its HUD-VASH (Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing) initiative.

Cigna Group Foundation launches $9 million initiative for veterans

Los Angeles, CA

Military.com

Homeless veterans who were wounded, injured or became sick during their time in uniform will no longer have their disability benefits counted against them in the struggle to find affordable housing.In the face of an ongoing class-action suit brought by veterans in Los Angeles, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, announced Thursday that the rule, which counted service-connected disability benefits as income in deciding whether veterans qualified for housing vouchers, is being scrapped.In a press release, HUD said that the policy change will help more veterans receive assistance under the HUD-Department of Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH)...

Housing Agency Scraps Catch-22-Type Rule That Kept Disabled Homeless Vets from Receiving Rent Vouchers

A new report revealing more than $84 million in underpayments to qualified veterans is a sign the Department of Veterans Affairs needs to improve its training for employees. That's the conclusion of a congressional committee looking into the massive error. And, veterans' advocates say, the error is also a reminder...

The VA Withheld $84M from Eligible Disabled Veterans. Now Nonprofit Legal Clinics Are Stepping In.

Did you know that many of your VA benefits have an expiration date? If not, you are not alone. Most veterans are unaware of all their benefits, let alone that many of them can expire. Here are some quick examples of common VA benefits that have critical time limits. VA...

VA Benefit Timelines

Responding to months of pressure from veterans advocates and elected officials, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday that it will change a widely criticized rule that excludes the most disabled veterans from subsidized housing designed for them. The rule, which HUD officials had previously said they...

HUD Will Allow Disabled Veterans to Subsidize Housing

Latin Times

The federal government is processing citizenship requests at the fastest rate in a decade, addressing a backlog that accumulated during the Trump administration and the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the close to 3.3 million immigrants who have become citizens during the Biden administration, processing speed sits at under five months, on par with 2013 and 2014.

Immigrants are becoming U.S. citizens at the fastest average rate in a decade

Military Times

An outside watchdog estimates the benefits adjustment will be less than 3% in 2025.

Vets may see only a small cost-of-living boost in benefits next year

North Carolina State

WashingtonExaminer

(The Center Square) – Budget burdens, pharmaceutical options and hyperbaric oxygen therapy are concerns North Carolina congressmen in the Senate and House of Representatives are raising with Veterans Affairs. The budget shortfall could impact veterans across the nation with a disruption in payments as soon as October. Needed is $2.88 billion for disability and education […]

VA budget shortfall of $15B may impact October payments to veterans

Roughly three-quarters of the 16,000 known U.S. veterans who served at K2 in Uzbekistan are already receiving some disability benefits, the VA said.

VA to expand benefits access for US vets of K2 Uzbekistan base

Overpayments and underpayments to veterans occurred because processors did not consistently follow policies and procedures, a watchdog report found.

VA claim errors result in $100 million in incorrect payments: watchdog

USA TODAY

Nearly half of people who receive federal housing vouchers are unable to use them. "It's a dire situation," one researcher said.

Voucher program is supposed to help poor families rent a home. Nearly half the time, it fails.

Finding a new job is getting harder. Last month, the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%, the first time it has crossed above 4% since 2021. Fewer people are quitting their jobs, and recent college graduates are having a hard time breaking into the market. Hiring might have fallen beneath...

7 in-demand jobs companies are hiring for—some are remote and pay over $100,000

Fox Business

Vice President Kamala Harris says she wants to provide $25,000 in down payment assistance to first-time homebuyers, but critics say the plan would only make housing issues worse.

Harris proposes $25,000 down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers — is it a good idea?

Keeping up with rising home energy costs can be tough, especially when household bills, like electric and groceries, continue to increase. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, average energy prices were 29.9% greater in June 2024 compared to June 2020. Caring.com reveals that this, combined with other rising expenses, leaves many low- and moderate-income seniors as well as those on fixed incomes struggling to cover costs. Caring.com reveals that this, combined with other rising expenses, leaves many low- and moderate-income seniors as well as those on fixed incomes struggling to cover their household expenses.

Energy assistance benefits for seniors

WASHINGTON, DC—Farmers who experienced losses in 2022 due to almost any natural disaster have until the close of business today to apply for the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) through USDA. The deadline (August 14, 2024) comes ten months after local Farm Service Agency offices began accepting the applications amid...

Deadline Today for 2022 Emergency Relief Program Applications

Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald, interviewed Angeanette Dowles. Homeownership is one of the critical aspects of the American Dream. However, that dream seems more like a fantasy than an attainable goal for many of us. Well, Angeanette Dowles of NACA is here to tell you that homeownership is achievable for all at an affordable rate too. For the rate of only a few months’ rent, people with even 420 credit scores you can purchase homes in the hundreds of thousands with little interest rates! It sounds too good to be true. Well, this is one time you’ll be happy to be wrong as it is just as good as it sounds.

Affordable Homeownership Program: No down payment. No closing costs, No f

Alabama State

NewsOne

Biden's administration issued $2 billion to black and minority farmers who experienced mistreatment by the USDA, as announced on Wednesday.
The post Black Farmers Granted $2 Billon From USDA To Address Historical Discrimination appeared first on NewsOne.

Black Farmers Granted $2 Billon From USDA To Address Historical Discrimination

Business Insider

The "Shark Tank" star said he once consulted his lawyers on whether they could file any antitrust actions against both parties.

Mark Cuban says he would get rid of both the Republican and Democratic parties if he could do it by waving a 'magic wand'

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Veterans Affairs awards $800 million to help homeless vets

The Department of Veterans Affairs just announced it has awarded $806 million in grants to help homeless and at-risk military veterans through a pair of programs....

Veterans Affairs awards $800 million to help homeless vets

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