Housing
A home can provide a safe space.
Protection from outside threats and shelter from the elements.
A home can provide a sense of belonging, comfort, security, and stability.
It can be a place of love and acceptance.
A place where people can find warmth, understanding, and support.
A home can provide space for sleeping, eating, preparing food, and spending time with family.
A home can be a place of learning and growth.
A place where people can take their first steps, learn life skills, and express themselves.
A home can determine a person's health.
Affected by the water they drink and the air they breath.
A home can offer a sense of security.
A home can be a vault where people create memories with loved ones.
Where are you going to plant your roots? Where are you going to call home?
With a community made up of many people from a variety of beliefs and backgrounds - there is one common goal: Make change possible. Interfaith Community Services empower people in need to stabilize and improve their lives through comprehensive programs, in partnership with diverse faith communities and people of compassion.
Ensuring your family has a roof over your head and a place to call home, there are a multitude of programs that are offered by the VA for your service member/Veteran as well as the family. Some examples include:
Operation Finally Home provides mortgage free homes, home modifications and transitional housing to American's Veterans, First Responders, and their families making a safe place to call home.
Operation Homefront offers programs to assist military families at every stage of their transition into civilian life. These programs include:
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Transitional housing (apartments)​​
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Permanent homes for Veterans
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Transitioning homes for Veterans and their families
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And transitional housing (villages)
R.I.S.E. (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment), builds specially adapted smart homes for severely wounded heroes. They also provide home modifications, mobility devices, and adapted vehicles to injured, wounded, ill, and/or aging heroes.
Safe parking programs, located in every state, provide legal parking spaces for people experiencing homelessness who live in their vehicles. These programs offer a safe place to sleep, access to services, and connections to resources. Some programs also provide security guards.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offers several program to individuals looking for housing assistance such as: ​
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And more.
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To get started, find your local public housing agency. ​
