Dalianis House dedicated for veterans down on their luck
Staff photo by Bob Hammerstrom Griff Dalianis walks with Debora Pignatelli following a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday, June 18, 2010, for the new Dalianis House, a homeless veterans housing unit in Nashua.
19 June 2010 More than 200 people – by participating or just attending – showed their gratitude for the city’s newest weapon against homelessness during a dedication on Friday.
No one was more grateful than one of the 40 honorably discharged U.S. veterans who will find not only a temporary home in the Dalianis House, but also a huge step in the journey back to self-sufficiency.
“I’m not an alcoholic or a drug addict. I never was. It’s just the economy,” said Kevin Driscoll, 43, who will move into the 59 Factory St. transitional housing apartment building within the next few weeks.
Participants at the dedication included veterans, the governor, the mayor and other state and federal officials, all of whom praised the effort to provide a hand up for homeless veterans. Continued
How about your Community? And why do we not hear those who now espouse the TEA party?, opposed to taxes, ever mention the Military and especially Veterans?
Program Helps Polk Veterans With Costs Of Housing, Training
The Sanchez family Jon-Michael, 7, Janelly, Noelani, 3, Miguel and Angelina, 5, sit at the dining table Friday June 18, 2010 in Lakeland, Florida.
19 June 2010 After leaving the military in 2001, the GI Bill footed Miguel Sanchez's training in automotive mechanics. Now, a federal housing program is keeping the 30-year-old Army veteran and his young family from being homeless.
In January, Sanchez, his wife, Janelly, 27, and their three children ages 7, 5 and 3, were doubled up in his parents' three-bedroom, two-bath home in North Lakeland.
By government standards, they were homeless and eligible for the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program, administered through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Continued
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