By Shamane Mills
Madison is receiving $135,000 to provide permanent homes to 25 veterans.
The city is in the process of constructing a 70-unit building on Madison’s east side to help the chronically homeless, with 25 of the units reserved specifically for veterans. It recently announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development would be providing vouchers to help pay for the veterans’ housing in the new facility.
It’s part of a joint federal program with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide permanent housing for veterans. All told, HUD is giving nearly $12 million to 70 public housing agencies across the U.S.
A head count done this past January in Madison estimated that there are 120 homeless veterans in Madison.
“Homelessness is wrong, but there’s something more wrong about being homeless and a veteran,” said Dean Loumos, who directs a program in the city that helps the homeless calledHousing Initiatives. “The commitment that they made to us needs to be returned.”
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