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Governor Healey signs HERO Act expanding veterans’ benefits, housing and hiring supports
Summary
At a Lexington ceremony on Aug. 8, 2024, Governor Maura Healey signed the HERO Act, a package of more than 30 policy changes aimed at veterans that expands eligibility, increases benefits, removes barriers to mental-health care and directs new investments in housing and hiring incentives.
Governor Maura Healey signed the HERO Act on Aug. 8, 2024, at a ceremony in Lexington, marking what officials called the most comprehensive veterans package in the Commonwealth’s history. The bill, sponsors and administration officials said, expands benefit eligibility, increases cash annuities for disabled veterans and opens new pathways to mental-health care and employment for service members.
The act bundles more than 30 policy changes covering benefits, housing, mental-health access and workforce incentives, according to John Santiago, secretary of the Executive Office of Veteran Services. “These were your ideas. These were your solutions. And now, this is your HERO Act,” Santiago said as he outlined provisions that include increasing the disabled-veteran annuity, broadening the statutory definition of “veteran,” creating a commission to advise on veteran services…
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