Acting Secretary Clarence Snuggs, Senator Benjamin Cardin, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the secretaries of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently came together in Baltimore to announce a voucher program and talk about additional assistance to help 1,984 homeless veterans find permanent supportive housing.
While the voucher program is not going to help all of them, about 60 Maryland homeless veterans will soon receive rental assistance and other services through a combined effort of the U.S. Department of House & Urban Development and U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs.
The voucher program combines rental assistance from HUD with case management and clinical services provided by the Veterans Administration. In October, the two federal agencies awarded $62 million in vouchers to assist more than 9,000 homeless veterans.
Three Maryland agencies received 60 vouchers for more than $491,000, including 21 vouchers for homeless veterans in southern Maryland, which has never received vouchers before.
The allocations for Maryland included: 30 vouchers for $219,521 to the Hagerstown Housing Authority; nine vouchers for $72,945 to the Housing Authority of Baltimore County; and 21 vouchers for $198,901 to the Calvert County Housing Authority.
The voucher program combines rental assistance from HUD with case management and clinical services provided by the Veterans Administration. In October, the two federal agencies awarded $62 million in vouchers to assist more than 9,000 homeless veterans.
Three Maryland agencies received 60 vouchers for more than $491,000, including 21 vouchers for homeless veterans in southern Maryland, which has never received vouchers before.
The allocations for Maryland included: 30 vouchers for $219,521 to the Hagerstown Housing Authority; nine vouchers for $72,945 to the Housing Authority of Baltimore County; and 21 vouchers for $198,901 to the Calvert County Housing Authority.
