Lemon Grove landlord praises Veterans Affairs housing voucher, urges peers to sign up

Larry Neer, a Lemon Grove landlord identified in the segment, said a Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Voucher helped a veteran tenant pay rent reliably and encouraged other landlords in San Diego County to accept the program.

The segment described the tenant as a retired service member who returned from living in Mexico to care for his daughter. According to the segment’s coverage, the tenant receives rental assistance through the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Voucher program; the landlord said he learned about the voucher when the tenant applied to rent the duplex.

"It's a great benefit. It's helping out veterans like we all wanna try to do and thank them for their service," said the landlord identified in the segment. He described the payments as prompt and dependable: "The payments are awesome. They're they're right away. They're dropped off at my doorstep, literally. There's nothing to worry about." He added that accepting vouchers is "a way to be able to pay back and give back and give them that step that they need to move on."

The segment also said that "hundreds of San Diego veterans" hold the same vouchers, and presented that figure as the basis for the landlord’s appeal to other property owners. The segment did not provide a precise tally or administrative source for that number.

No formal policy action or vote was reported in the segment; the coverage focused on a single landlord’s experience and a call for other landlords to enroll in the voucher program. The segment identified the program by name as the "Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Voucher" and framed it as a federal rental-assistance option used by veterans in the San Diego area.

The segment closed with the landlord reiterating his endorsement and urging other landlords to consider signing up to help veterans access stable housing.