Veterans Housing

HUD-VASH Voucher Program

HUD-VASH is a program from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Department of Veterans Affairs VA to help veterans facing homelessness and their families find and sustain permanent housing. HUD provides rental assistance vouchers for privately owned housing to veterans who are eligible for VA health care and are experiencing homelessness. VA case managers connect these veterans with additional support services.

Homeless Veteran Demographics


  • 13% of the homeless adult population are veterans
  • 20% of the male homeless population are veterans
  • 68% reside in principal cities
  • 32% reside in suburban/rural areas
  • 51% of individual homeless veterans have disabilities
  • 50% have serious mental illness
  • 70% have substance abuse problems
  • 51% are white males, compared to 38% of non-veterans
  • 50% are age 51 or older, compared to 19% non-veterans

Veteran Demographics

  • Grant & Per Diem Transitional Program

    State, local and tribal governments and nonprofits receive capital grants and per diem payments to develop and operate transitional housing—including short-stay bridge housing—and/or service centers for Veterans who are homeless.


    VA funds an estimated 600 agencies that provide over 14,500 beds for eligible Veterans. Grantees work closely with an assigned liaison from the local VAMC. The VA GPD liaison monitors the services the grantees offer to Veterans and provides direct assistance to them. Grantees also collaborate with community-based organizations to connect Veterans with employment, housing and additional social services to promote housing stability. The maximum stay in this housing is up to 24 months, with the goal of moving Veterans into permanent housing.


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    General. Applicants that meet the threshold requirements in § 61.12 will be rated using the selection criteria listed in this section. To be eligible for a capital grant, an applicant must receive at least 750 points (out of a possible 1000) and must receive points under each of the following paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f),

    and (g) of this section.


    The GPD Program is VA’s largest transitional housing program for Veterans experiencing homelessness and is permanently authorized under Public Law 109-461.

    Since 1994, the GPD Program has awarded grants to community-based organizations to provide transitional housing with wraparound supportive services to assist vulnerable Veterans move into permanent housing. The grants are designed to meet Veterans at various stages as they move to stable housing. Community-based organizations receiving GPD grants offer focused transitional housing services through a variety of housing models targeted to different populations and needs of Veterans.


    VA's Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Program is offered annually (as funding permits) by the Department of Veterans Affairs to fund community agencies providing services to Veterans experiencing homelessness. The purpose of the transitional housing component of the program is to promote the development and provision of supportive housing and services with the goal of helping homeless Veterans achieve residential stability, increase their skill levels and/or income, and obtain greater self-determination.


    List of all the GPD programs with number of beds at the Per Diem rate of $68.64 a day/veteran.


    VA’s largest transitional housing program — the Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Program — is transforming so that VA and its community partners can more effectively serve Veterans. The transformation involves implementing a competitive, time-limited grant process that will require currently funded community providers to reapply for funding.


    Welcome to Fiscal Year (FY) 2024! GPD is a true partnership between VA and community providers across the country. The GPD National Program Office applauds the collaborations that GPD grantees and VA teams cultivate together to build robust service delivery networks for the Nation’s most vulnerable Veterans. Thank you for the valuable work you do every day to help end Veteran homelessness. In general, this guide was developed to give grantees and VA staff an overview of GPD Case Management (CM). The FY 2024 CM grants are new awards, with Federal Award Identification Numbers (FAINs) ending in CM-24. The information in this guide is to be used for reference and general guidance.


    Target Population

    Veterans experiencing homelessness who choose a supportive transitional housing

    environment that provides services prior to entering permanent housing.

    Model Overview

    Provides transitional housing and a milieu of services that facilitate individual

    stabilization, increased income and movement of the Veteran to permanent housing in the residence as rapidly as clinically appropriate.

    Characteristics & Standards

    • The TIP housing model offers Veteran residents housing in which supportive

    services transition out of the residence over time, rather than the resident. This allows the Veteran to remain in the residence rather than being forced to find other housing while stabilizing.

    • It is expected that Veterans will transition in place in approximately 6 to 12

    months. Applicants must work closely with Veterans to support timely transitions

    to permanent housing.

    • This model does not support discharge planning that would have the Veteran

    transition to Housing and Urban Development – VA Supportive Housing (HUDVASH) as the HUD-VASH program targets a Veteran population in need of

    specialized case management. 

  • Rights and Responsibilities of VA Patients and Residents of Community Living Centers

    Rights and Responsibilities of VA Patients and Residents of Community Living Centers

    The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is pleased you have selected us to provide your health care. We will provide you with personalized, patient-driven, compassionate, state-of-the-art care. Our goal is to make your experience as positive and pleasant as we can. As part of our service to you, to other Veterans and to the Nation, we are committed to improving health care quality. We also train future health care professionals, conduct research, and support our country in times of national emergency. In all of these activities, our employees will respect and support your rights as a patient or resident of a community living center (CLC).

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Housing Choice Voucher

Section 8, also known as the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, works as a rental subsidy that allows families to pay a reasonable amount of their income toward their rent. Eligible families will receive a voucher to begin searching for housing. Generally, families will pay no more than 40 percent of their adjusted monthly income toward their rent share. NYCHA pays the remaining amount to the owner on the family's behalf. This payment to the owner is known as the Housing Assistance Payment. Section 8 participants must comply with all program requirements, including completing their annual certification, accommodating Housing Quality Standards inspections, allowing property owners to make any needed repairs, and adhering to the terms of their lease.


Supportive Housing

Supportive housing is affordable housing with supportive social services in place for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Supportive housing typically comes in two setting model types: congregate (the only one developers work with) and scattered-site. In the Congregate Housing model, all tenants live in one building and each has his/her own individual room or apartment. Tenants have their own lease and pay rent directly to the landlord. These buildings typically have a rental subsidy connected to the apartment that allows the rent to be very affordable for the tenant. In a scattered-site model, apartments are scattered throughout the city in different buildings owned by private landlords. Leases are most often between the landlord and a non-profit provider. All tenants have a sub-lease and are responsible to contribute 30% of their income towards the rent and utilities. There are supportive housing programs designated for adult families (all adults over 18), for families with children, and for young adults (18-25) aging out of foster care or in a shelter who are pregnant or have children. As with all populations, a 2010e application must be submitted to determine if the head of household is eligible for supportive housing.
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