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Veteran Housing Assistance in Austin

Caritas of Austin

The Supportive Services for Veteran Families program (SSVF) is for veteran families that are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Caritas hosts SSVF orientation meetings every Monday at 2pm.
611 Neches (Caritas North office, 9027 Northgate), 512/479-4610, www.caritasofaustin.org.

Front Steps

SSVF program provides short-term, rapid rehousing assistance to very low-income veteran families to obtain stable permanent housing.
500 E. Seventh, 512/305-4100, www.frontsteps.org.

Green Doors

Transitional Veterans Re-Entry Housing program provides transitional housing and access to supportive services for homeless veterans.
1503 S. I-35, 512/469-9130, www.greendoors.org.

OneKeyATX

A campaign asking landlords and property owners to commit at least one unit to veteran families who may have trouble getting a standard rental application approved.
www.austinecho.org/the-solution/onekeyatx-2.

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