{"id":21253,"date":"2025-01-21T16:53:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T21:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=21253"},"modified":"2025-06-02T11:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:18:58","slug":"merkley-wyden-announce-1-4-million-in-federal-funding-to-help-homeless-veterans-with-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-announce-1-4-million-in-federal-funding-to-help-homeless-veterans-with-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley, Wyden Announce $1.4 Million in Federal Funding to Help Homeless Veterans with Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that $1,449,067 is coming to Oregon to help homeless veterans secure affordable housing through federal housing assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOregon\u2019s servicemembers deserve the full measure of our appreciation for serving and sacrificing for our nation, and that includes ensuring they have a safe, decent roof overhead after returning home,\u201d <strong>merkley dijo<\/strong>. \u201cThese federal housing vouchers will help homeless veterans across Oregon, helping us deliver on the promise of necessary resources and support for those men and women who wore the uniform. Too many of these heroes struggle to find affordable housing in Oregon, and I\u2019ll keep fighting to deliver critical resources to help ease the burden on veterans searching for a place to call home.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cVeterans coming home to communities in Oregon deserve every possible opportunity to have a home of their own to live in that\u2019s key to success in civilian life,\u201d <strong>dijo Wyden.<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m gratified these federal resources are heading to our state to help achieve those goals for homeless veterans, and I\u2019ll continue battling for similar federal funds that ensure Oregonians who served our country aren\u2019t left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s federal investment from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program will be distributed as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Housing Authority of Washington County: $615,090<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Housing Authority of Clackamas County: $321,675<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Housing Authority of the City of Salem: $233,001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northwest Oregon Housing Authority: $103,535<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marion County Housing Authority: $57,656<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Housing and Urban Renewal Agency of Polk County: $39,660<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Central Oregon Regional Housing Authority: $39,234<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Housing Authority of Lincoln County: $39,216<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HUD-VASH program combines HUD\u2019s Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance for homeless veterans with case management and clinical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). 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