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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 6, 2022 11:46 AM |
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| From: | Representative Carol Hill-Evans |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Veterans’ Homelessness |
| In 2021, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that there are over 700 homeless veterans in Pennsylvania. While this number has decreased over the years, there is always more we can do to help veterans in need. To help support those who bravely served our country and now find themselves struggling financially, I will be introducing legislation that would bring the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affrais (DMVA) and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) together to provide assistance to veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. The DMVA would implement a program to identify these veterans, while the PHFA would establish a housing ombudsman to advocate for homeless veterans in the housing market. Under this legislation, eligible applicants would receive a maximum of $1,000 per month in the form of a rental voucher for a period of 12 months. The DMVA would be authorized to require veterans to participate in mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, job training, or other supportive programs as a condition of participation in its program. With an appropriation of $12.5 million, the goal of this proposal is to ensure that enough funding is available to aid every homeless veteran in the Commonwealth. Please join me in co-sponsoring this important effort to prevent veteran's homelessness in Pennsylvania. |
Introduced as HB235