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Witnesses tell subcommittee End Veteran Homelessness Act could free HUD‑VASH vouchers but VA flagged other concerns
Summary
VA and homeless-services witnesses described tens of thousands of HUD-VASH leases, roughly 10,000 available vouchers, and supported narrowing eligibility gaps in the End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2025, while VA opposed overly prescriptive grant-application changes.
Department of Veterans Affairs officials and homelessness advocates told the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee that the End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2025 could help use underutilized HUD‑VASH vouchers but that operational questions remain.
The bill would expand eligibility and provide additional case-management supports for the HUD‑VASH (VA Supportive Housing) program, which pairs HUD housing choice vouchers with VA case management. Witnesses from VA and veterans' service organizations said broader eligibility and targeted supports could enable more vouchers to be used.
‘‘We have over 90,000 veterans under lease…
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