Connecticut Ends Chronic Veteran Homelessness

The state has invested $3 million in rental subsidies and special services for Connecticut’s homeless veterans

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By Gregory B. Hladky

Hartford Courant

NEWINGTON — Earlier this year, advocates counted 41 chronically homeless veterans living on Connecticut’s streets. State and federal officials proclaimed that housing has now been found for all those troubled vets, calling it a landmark in the effort to help veterans.

“We are the first state in the nation to end chronic homelessness among our veterans,” Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said during a ceremony at a veterans’ housing complex.

The governor said the state’s goal is to bring an end to homelessness for veterans in Connecticut by the end of this year, and to provide housing and support services for all homeless people in the state by the end of 2016.

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