Supporting Veterans' Housing
What better way to recognize and honor our nation's veterans than by making sure each man and woman who served has access to a safe and decent place to live? Following are some resources to help community developers accomplish this goal.
Veterans Permanent Supportive Housing: Policy and Practice- This guide from the National Housing ConferenceCenter for Housing Policy highlights available funding and best practices and provides a sampling of project descriptions.
National Equity Fund's Veterans Housing Portfolio - The National Equity Fund (NEF), a Low Income Housing Tax Credit syndicator, has produced more than 3,000 units of housing for veterans and leads the "Bring Them Homes" veterans housing initiative together with LISC. This page includes several project profiles that explain in detail how veterans housing projects were structured.
A Critical Mission: Developing Veterans Housing - This Affordable Housing Finance article explains the financing that made some successful veterans housing developments possible.
The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans provides connections to grants and technical assistance to service providers working to address homelessness among veterans.