Even before the COVID-19 crisis, over 37,000 veterans were homeless in the United States, and there is a shortage of service-enriched affordable housing centered on veterans’ needs. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) is a key solution to help address the vast and growing need for affordable homes for our nation’s veterans. Since 1986, the Housing Credit has served as our country’s primary tool to finance the production and preservation of affordable housing, resulting in 4 million affordable homes.

Today we have the opportunity to help ensure all our veterans have access to the safe, stable, and affordable housing the Housing Credit provides by passing key provisions to expand and strengthen the program through the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, broadly supported, bipartisan legislation that would help build over 2 million more affordable homes nationwide.

Hear from veterans who live in Housing Credit properties, see support from members of Congress, and explore examples of affordable housing for veterans across the country, below.

veterans experienced homelessness on any given night in 2020 (Source: HUD)

low-income veterans spend more than half their income on rent (Source: CBPP)

of adults experiencing homelessness are U.S. Military veterans (Source: HUD)

Colma Veterans Village
Colma, CA

Curb Victory Hall
Nashville, TN

Francis Village
Kirkland, WA

Freedom’s Path Augusta
Augusta, GA

Freedom’s Path Chillicothe
Chillicothe, OH

Freedom’s Path Fort Harrison
Helena, MT

HELP Walter Reed Veterans Apartments
Washington, DC

Liberty Landing
Santa Ana, CA

Hope Manor Apartments
Chicago, IL

John and Jill Ker Conway Residence
Washington, DC

Liberty Village
Amityville, NY

Lincoln Apartments
Indianapolis, IN

Major General Jacob Brown Veterans Manor
Green Bay, WI

Northwest Indiana Veterans Village
Gary, IN

Patriot Place Apartments
Las Vegas, NV

Piquette Square
Detroit, MI

Ridge Top II Apartments
Leavenworth, KS

St. Michael’s Haven
Walla Walla, WA

Surf Vets Place
Brooklyn, NY

The Six
Los Angeles, CA

Valley Brook Village Apartments
Lyons, NJ

Victory Apartments I
Omaha, NE

Victory Apartments II
Omaha, NE

William J. Wood Veterans House
Federal Way, WA

Willow Housing
Menlo Park, CA

The Housing Credit is the nation’s primary tool to finance the development of affordable housing, so any effort to address the growing affordable housing crisis must include an expansion of the Housing Credit. By expanding and strengthening the Housing Credit, we could provide more safe, stable, affordable homes for more low-income households across the country, including veterans.

The bipartisan Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) would expand and strengthen the Housing Credit to provide more than 2 million additional affordable homes over ten years, including by increasing the annual Housing Credit allocation, which is now at its lowest level in four years. It would also support the financial feasibility of properties serving extremely low-income or formerly homeless households, including formerly homeless veterans. The bill is supported by over one-half of Congress.