Sestak proposes legislation for veterans
Matthew Pearson
Issue date: 11/19/09 Section: News
Currently, participants generally pay around 30 percent of their adjusted income towards rent, and HUD subsidizes the remainder. Taking into consideration these challenging economic times, the bill aims to lower this to 25 percent.??
This announcement builds on Sestak's work to prevent incarceration among former service members. Many of these veterans become homeless following imprisonment when they often do not receive appropriate medical treatment and rehabilitation.
Congressman Sestak has been quoted as speaking favorably for the HUD-VASH program, "When our Vietnam veterans came home, we did not provide them the resources they needed… Now, many of them require assistance more than ever to deal with the after-effects of that conflict. In the early stages of our current wars, we underestimated and underfunded treatments for mental illnesses, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), which are more prevalent than ever before and have contributed to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan ending up on the streets at a higher rate than those of any previous war.?? I have witnessed the success of HUD-VASH's comprehensive approach to assisting homeless veterans and we must enhance it."
This announcement builds on Sestak's work to prevent incarceration among former service members. Many of these veterans become homeless following imprisonment when they often do not receive appropriate medical treatment and rehabilitation.
Congressman Sestak has been quoted as speaking favorably for the HUD-VASH program, "When our Vietnam veterans came home, we did not provide them the resources they needed… Now, many of them require assistance more than ever to deal with the after-effects of that conflict. In the early stages of our current wars, we underestimated and underfunded treatments for mental illnesses, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), which are more prevalent than ever before and have contributed to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan ending up on the streets at a higher rate than those of any previous war.?? I have witnessed the success of HUD-VASH's comprehensive approach to assisting homeless veterans and we must enhance it."