Services to Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act

HR 675--Disabled Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement Act--Increases from: (1) $50,000 to $60,000 the maximum amount authorized to be provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to certain disabled veterans for the construction of specially adapted housing; and (2) $10,000 to $12,000 the maximum amount authorized for specially adapted features in a home. Requires the VA Secretary to annually increase such amounts to reflect increases in the cost of residential home construction. HR 1315--Amend title 38, USC, to provide specially adaptive housing assistance to certain disabled members of the Armed Forces residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member--Authorizes the VA Secretary to provide specially adaptive housing assistance for disabled members of the Armed Forces residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member if such military member suffers from a disability which is permanent and total in nature and is rhe result of an injury incurred or disease contracted or aggravated in the line of duty in active military service. HR 1750--Amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to one year the period after release of a member of the Armed Forces from active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage foreclosure under that Act--Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 1940 to extend from 90 days to one year the period following release from active duty during which a member of the Armed Forces shall be protected from mortgage foreclosure. HR 2378--Services to Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act--Amend title 38, USC, to establish a financial assistance program to facilitate the provision of supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing. HR 2385--21st Century GI Bill of Rights Act of 2007--Directs the VA Secretary to increase the maximum guaranty amount under the veterans' home loan program with respect to residences of a particular size in an area for which the median price for such size exceeds the normal guaranty maximum. Repeals the home loan guaranty fees charged to veterans. S 1096--Veterans' Housing Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007--Authorizes the VA Secretary, in the case of a member of the Armed Forces determined to have a total disability permanent in nature which was incurred or aggravated in the line of active duty, to furnish home improvements and structural alterations for the member for the disability while the member is hospitalized or receiving outpatient care, medical services, or treatment, if the Secretary determines that the member is likely to be discharged or released from the Armed Forces for such disability. Authorize the provision of specially adapted housing assistance for: (1) disabled veterans whose disability is due to a severe burn injury; and (2) disabled members residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member. Makes veterans and members with severe burn disability eligible for automobile and automotive adaptive equipment assistance. Testimony to the House on VA Health on Grant Per Diem Program--Veterans Affairs Health Grant Per Diem Program--To assist the nation's homeless veterans and to prevent future homelessness.

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HR 675--Disabled Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement Act--Increases from: (1) $50,000 to $60,000 the maximum amount authorized to be provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to certain disabled veterans for the construction of specially adapted housing; and (2) $10,000 to $12,000 the maximum amount authorized for specially adapted features in a home. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to annually increase such amounts to reflect increases in the cost of residential home construction. HR 1315--To amend title 38, USC, to provide specially adaptive housing assistance to certain disabled members of the Armed Forces residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member--Authorizes the VA Secretary to provide specially adaptive housing assistance for disabled members of the Armed Forces residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member if such military member suffers from a disability which is permanent and total in nature and is the result of an injury incurred or disease contracted or aggravated in the line of duty in active military service. HR 1750--To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to one year the period after release of a member of the Armed Forces from active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage foreclosure under that Act--Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 1940 to extend from 90 days to one year the period following release from active duty during which a member of the Armed Forces shall be protected from mortgage foreclosure. HR 2378--Services to Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act--To amend title 38, USC, to establish a financial assistance program to facilitate the provision of supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing. Establish a financial assistance program to facilitate supportive service for very low-income veterans families to assist them in ending their chronic homeless state and to prevent chronic homelessness. HR 2699--Homeless Veterans Service Centers, Homeless Veterans Program--Per diem payments to homeless veterans service centers; homeless veterans programs. HR 1750; HR 1824; HR 1598; HR 1315; HR 513; HR 2259; HR 1632; HR 112; HR 2579--Credit, Education and Transition--Protective credit measures, accelerated education payments, transition assistance program, reemployment reports, stipends for education courses leading to doctoral degrees, and State Approving Agency funding. S 1326--Comprehensive Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2007--Full eligibility for VA Home loan guaranty program for Selected Reserve forces, no increase in and return of funding fees for home loan funding to the levels agreed before the 108th Congress HR 551--Home Ownership for America's Veterans Act of 2007 (LETTER)--Help hundreds of thousands of veterans to become eligible to purchase homes. S 1096--Veterans' Housing Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007--Authorizes the VA Secretary, in the case of a member of the Armed Forces determined to have a total disability permanent in nature which was incurred or aggravated in the line of active duty, to furnish home improvements and structural alterations for the member for the disability while the member is hospitalized or receiving outpatient care, medical services, or treatment, if the Secretary determines that the member is likely to be discharged or released from the Armed Forces for such disability., Authorizes the provision of specially adapted housing assistance for: (1) disabled veterans whose disability is due to a severe burn injury; and (2) disabled members residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member. Makes veterans and members with a severe burn disability eligible for automobile and automotive adaptive equipment assistance.

H.R. 339, the "Veterans Outpatient Care Access Act" H.R. 463/S. 1147, the "Honor Our Commitment to Veterans Act" H.R. 538, the "South Texas Veterans Access to Care Act" H.R. 1284/S. 423, the "Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act" H.R. 1315, a bill providing specially adapted housing assistance to members of the Armed Services H.R. 1354/S. 117, the "Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act" H.R. 1426, the "Richard Helm Veterans' Access to Local Health Care Options and Resources Act" H.R. 1448/S. 692, the "VA Hospital Quality Report Card Act" H.R. 1470, the "Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act" H.R. 1471, the "Better Access to Chiropractors to Keep Our Veterans Healthly Act" H.R. 1527, the "Rural Veterans Access to Care Act" H.R. 1925, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a separate Veterans Integrated Service Network for the Gulf Coast region H.R. 2005, the "Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act" H.R. 2172, the "Amputee Veterans Assistance Act" H.R. 2378/S 874, the "Services to Prevent Veteans Homelessness Act" H.R. 2623, a bill which would prohibit the VA from collecting co-payments from veterans receiving hospice care S. 225/H.R. 585, a bill to expand the number of individuals qualifing for retroactive benefits from traumatic injury protection coverage under SGLI S. 526, the "Veterans Employment and Training (VET) Act" S. 643/H.R. 2026, the "Disabled Veterans Insurance Act" S. 847, a bill that would eliminate the current seven-year window that allows a veteran to claim service connectedness for multiple sclerosis (MS) S. 1096, the "Veterans' Housing Benefits Enhancement Act" S. 1163, the "Blinded Veterans Paired Organ Act" S. 1261, the "Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act" S. 383, a bill to expand VA health care eligibility from two years to five years for veterans serving in a combat theater of operations S. 472, a bill that would authorize the funding necessary to construct a new major medical facility in the Denver, Colorado area S. 479, the "Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act" S. 815, the "Veterans Health Care Empowerment Act" S. 994/H.R. 1472, the "Disabled Veterans Fairness Act" S. 1233, the "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Act" H.R. 23/S. 961, the "Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of WWII Act" H.R. 67, the "Veterans Outreach Improvement Act" H.R. 92, the "Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act" H.R. 315, the "Help Establish Access to Timely Health Care for You Vets Act"