HUD has awarded $2.3 million through the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program to public housing authorities in the Mid-Atlantic Region.  Nearly $500,000 of those funds will help 85 homeless veterans through the efforts of 13 PHAs in Pennsylvania.  

The HUD-VASH Program combines rental assistance with case management and clinical services through a partnering VA medical facility.  Congratulations to the following HUD-VASH recipients: 

• Adams County Housing Authority partnering with Lebanon VA – 5 vouchers ($21,741)
• Allegheny County Housing Authority partnering with Pittsburgh Health Care System – 3 vouchers ($15,948)
• Allentown Housing Authority partnering with Wilkes Barre VA – 6 vouchers ($32,900)
• Bucks County Housing Authority partnering with Philadelphia VA – 5 vouchers ($40,340)
• Clarion County Housing Authority partnering with Butler VA – 5 vouchers ($18,379)
• Franklin Housing Authority partnering with Martinsburg VA – 5 vouchers ($17,418)
• Harrisburg Housing Authority partnering with Lebanon VA – 6 vouchers ($33,961)
• Housing Authority of Indiana County partnering with Altoona VA – 4 vouchers ($15,216)
• Philadelphia Housing Authority partnering with Philadelphia VA – 25 vouchers ($193,200)
• Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh partnering with Pittsburgh Health Care System – 3 vouchers ($16,467)
• Washington County Housing Authority partnering with Pittsburgh Health Care System – 6 vouchers ($26,914) 
• Wilkes Barre Housing Authority partnering with Wilkes Bare VA – 6 vouchers ($35,791) 
• York Housing Authority partnering with Labanon VA – 6 vouchers ($28,898) 

To read the full HUD Press Release, please click here.