Homeless Male Veterans With Kids Cannot Stay Together?

Homeless veterans with kids in Fresno need a place to call home
The Fresno Bee
BY BARBARA ANDERSON
June 28, 2016

"I HAD TO DIVIDE MY KIDS UP SO I COULD BE IN THE HOMELESS PROGRAM"
Former homeless veteran Sean Tait

Male veterans cannot have children in transitional housing

Children of female vets can live with their homeless mothers

Fresno dad had to split his children up while in transitional housing

Army veteran Sean Tait turned to veterans officials for help last year when he was evicted from a Sanger apartment.

He had injured his right knee while serving with the reserves in Afghanistan in 2009. The knee injury led to a bad back, and he needed an operation. He had worked on-and-off at jobs since returning home, but by December 2014 he couldn’t work, and he couldn’t pay $850 rent and utilities.

Ending veterans’ homelessness is a high priority at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which has set a December 2016 deadline for getting veterans off streets and into housing. The Fresno VA had a place available for Tait.

However, the divorced father had a son and daughter who lived with him. He needed somewhere they all could stay together. read more here