RECOMMENDATIONS
ACCEPT report on the award of HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers to the Housing Authority from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
BACKGROUND
HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) is one of HACCC's more significant homeless programs. HACCC currently houses 226 Veterans through the HUD-VASH program. This new allocation of 15 vouchers, combined with existing vouchers, will permit HACCC and the VA to house over 240 Veterans through the VASH program.
While all of HACCC's programs are available to serve the homeless via the normal application process, VASH is one of 6 that HACCC operates that are targeted solely to homeless individuals and families. The programs, and the current number of participants in each, are as follows:
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