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Funding awarded for housing, services for homeless veterans

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs has released nearly $700,000 to Connecticut public housing agencies to provide rental assistance for 76 homeless Connecticut veterans.  Case management and clinical services will also be provided. 

 

Senator Chris Murphy says every time Connecticut wins new housing vouchers from homeless veterans, they go to different parts of the state.  Danbury has received the vouchers in the past, but this round is going to Norwalk, Hartford and West Haven. 

 

Murphy commended Vet House 1 and Vet House 2 in Danbury, calling the effort innovative.  He says Danbury's tremendous effort to get veterans off the street is a great example of the community and government coming together.  He says Danbury will continue to get its fair share of vouchers.

 

Murphy says one homeless vet is too many, and given all they have done to serve this country, they must be provided with the support they need.

 

In 2008, Murphy assembled a working group to secure more HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers for the state.  Since then, the assistance has increased by more than 300 percent, and has helped more than 700 Connecticut veterans move off the streets and into homes of their own.  In 2010, Murphy visited Army Sgt. Shellyann Burke of Waterbury – a nine-year veteran who had been living with her 3-year old daughter out of their car – at the new 2-bedroom apartment they had been able to move into because of the increased number of HUD-VASH vouchers made available to Connecticut veterans.

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