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More than 10,000 veterans have lost their homes in foreclosure sales since Trump's VA, with no warning, shut down that safety net program last May.
That's according to industry data, and it's the highest level in a decade.
Also, 90,000 more vets are headed toward foreclosure.
The VA is rolling out a new program that could help, but it won't be up and running for months.
Steve Sharp at the National Consumer Law Center says vets are losing their homes now.
Sharp and some lawmakers are calling on the VA to stop foreclosures on vets until its new program is functional.
More than 10,000 veterans have lost their homes in foreclosure sales since Trump's VA, with no warning, shut down that safety net program last May.
That's according to industry data, and it's the highest level in a decade.
Also, 90,000 more vets are headed toward foreclosure.
The VA is rolling out a new program that could help, but it won't be up and running for months.
Steve Sharp at the National Consumer Law Center says vets are losing their homes now.
And we really shouldn't lose those folks to foreclosure, those homes, those families, children, neighborhoods.
We should have something in place.
Sharp and some lawmakers are calling on the VA to stop foreclosures on vets until its new program is functional.
It's a wild guess, but there is some science involved in it.
Under federal law, it's illegal to charge veterans money for help filing initial disability claims.
They can get that service for free.
But NPR found that companies have been charging vets as much as $10,000 or $20,000 for it.