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ASSISTED HOUSING

HOUSING GRANTS AND ASSISTANCE Through a partnership with Community Action Program
The HCV Home Repair Grant Program provides grants agencies across the state, NHHFA also supports
to low-income Housing Choice Voucher homeowners. emergency housing assistance with non-federal
Homeowners contribute at least $500 of their own funds. In FY2018, more than 150 households in financial
funds toward the repairs and have a home inspection difficulty were assisted with short-term rent payments,
completed. Repairs are prioritized based on health, helping these households avoid homelessness.
safety, structural, and other needs.

VASH Program Helps
Veterans’ Housing Needs

Our Assisted Housing staff initiate and field
calls and emails throughout the day, respond-
ing to requests for housing from people with a
variety of needs. One day this summer, an
85-year old veteran named Charles came to
New Hampshire Housing’s offices with his
brother. Faced with age-related issues and
poor health, a very modest income and a
pending rent increase, Charles and his family
urgently needed to find rent assistance and
supportive housing for him.

The HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive
Housing (VASH) program combines rental
assistance for homeless veterans with case
management and services. After Rental
Housing Assistant Mary Dilworth spoke
FY 2018 NHHFA ANNUAL REPORT Charles met VASH program guidelines. In The new Friendship House in Bethlehem is a 32-bed residential
with the brothers, she was able to verify that

under a month, he received a voucher and was
facility owned by AHEAD, and operated by North Country Health
able to find housing closer to family.
Consortium. It will provide a variety of services to individuals and
their significant others affected by substance misuse, dependency
and/or negative consequences of alcohol and other drugs.

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