New VA rules expand housing assistance for disabled veterans

Veterans on disability income are no longer disqualified from federal rental assistance under a new mandate from the Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing program.

Previously, a veteran receiving a monthly disability check from the Department of Veterans Affairs would be barred from receiving federal housing subsidies due to income restrictions.

But changes to the HUD-VASH program’s processes mean disability payments will no longer count against veterans initially applying for “permanent supportive housing.”

The program, run by both the VA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, also implemented a higher annual income eligibility threshold for applicants.