A veteran can be eligible for housing assistance and still be unable to get an apartment
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On Veterans Day, we’ll all be at memorials, saying thanks to those who served and acknowledging the obligations that go with sending people off to war. As a disabled Army veteran, I also want us to be conscious of what happens when a veteran needs an affordable place to live. I was in the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions, and Army Special Forces. I’m in real estate development now. Those experiences gave me a good reason to care about an issue which can quite easily disappear between the moment a federal funding announcement is made and the time it gets to a local zoning meeting.