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Secretary John Santiago spotlights veteran housing, HEROIC legislation and progress toward ending veteran homelessness
Summary
At the State House Veterans Day ceremony, Secretary John Santiago credited collaborative efforts for recent gains in veterans' services — citing transformed veteran homes, the HEROIC veterans legislation, and local examples of housing placements for formerly homeless veterans.
BOSTON — John Santiago, secretary of the Executive Office of Veterans Services, used the Commonwealth’s Veterans Day ceremony to outline accomplishments in the past three years and to call for continued partnership to serve veterans.
"We were held accountable. We worked together. We listened to one another. We led with listening," Santiago said, summarizing his approach and linking it to concrete outcomes: renovations and improvements at veterans’ homes, passage of what he described as the HEROIC veterans legislation, and…
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