23 May 2013 - The San Diego Housing Commission was awarded 185 additional federal housing vouchers to help homeless local veterans find a place to live, it was announced Thursday.The vouchers were allocated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development through its six-year-old Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program. Homeless veterans must participate in the Department of Veterans Affairs program to be eligible for a voucher, according to the housing commission.
"This gives the San Diego Housing Commission the chance to get 185 people into homes of their own," Mayor Bob Filner said. "You can't imagine the change in lives that represents. The term `homeless veteran' should not be in our vocabulary." read more>>>
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