Brother, can you spare a room?
The painful experience of homelessness is ending for more than 200 Bay State veterans who are getting a chance to start over under a revived federal housing program that is providing $2.5 million in rental assistance. Last week, housing authorities from Boston to Northampton began issuing 245 rental assistance vouchers to chronically homeless veterans. In the Boston area, 1,950 former service members are considered homeless.
“With the new number of homeless vets that we are creating because of Iraq and Afghanistan, this is focusing on their needs,” said U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Somerville), who will make a formal announcement Tuesday.
