Should Disabled Veterans Be Eligible for Public Housing?

Simple answer HELL YA!

Reps push bill to make more disabled vets eligible for public housing
Wicked Local Weymouth
By Katie Lannan
State House News Service
Posted Jan. 27, 2016

"The entire purpose to set up public housing after World War II was to benefit our men and women who are returning home," said Rep. Alan Silvia, a Vietnam veteran and vice chair of the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs. "Somehow, we've lost our way and we suddenly forget our veterans."

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WEYMOUTH Income thresholds for public housing applicants are set at a level that excludes some disabled veterans, lawmakers and veterans said Thursday as they discussed a bill seeking address that issue.

"The entire purpose to set up public housing after World War II was to benefit our men and women who are returning home," said Rep. Alan Silvia, a Vietnam veteran and vice chair of the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs. "Somehow, we've lost our way and we suddenly forget our veterans."

The committee heard testimony from representatives of several veterans groups -- the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, the Marine Corps League and the Massachusetts Veterans Service Officers' Association -- in support of a bill that would exclude a certain amount of a disabled veteran's income in determining eligibility for public housing.

Silvia described the legislation, filed by fellow committee member Rep. Jim Arciero, as "incredibly perfect."
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Veterans determined to fix statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park

Weymouth veterans vow to repair statue
By Ed Baker
Wicked Local Weymouth
Posted Nov 19, 2012
Weymouth

The vandalism of a concrete Marine soldier statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park in North Weymouth is believed to be a random act of malicious damage and not a political statement, according to Vietnam veteran Paul Shinney and District 1 Councilor Frank Burke.

Burke said he discovered the right hand of the statue smashed and its facial features damaged while visiting the site Nov. 9 to get it cleaned before Veterans Day.

“I went down to the memorial to spruce it up and pick up the pine needles,” said Burke, a retired Weymouth Veterans Services director. “I noted pieces of concrete on the ground and the hand to the statue was smashed. This is the first time in 27 years any damage has been done to it.”
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Homeless man’s death called homicide

WEYMOUTH
Homeless man’s death called homicide
The death of a homeless man in Weymouth is an apparent homicide, according to a statement from Norfolk County District Attorney William R. Keating. At 9:20 a.m. yesterday, police found Ronald Pratt, 50, dead in a wooded area behind a building on Washington Street, officials said.
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Homeless man death called homicide