1d ago

Thousands of veterans face foreclosure after Trump's VA ends key mortgage program

www.npr.org /2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382448/va-veterans-affairs-mortgages-foreclosure-vasp

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29461578

May 1, 2025 5:00 AM ET By Chris Arnold and Quil Lawrence
"The U.S. #DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs, as of Thursday, has ended a new #mortgage-rescue program that so far has helped about 20,000 veterans avoid #foreclosure and keep their homes.
The move leaves millions of military #veterans with far worse options than most other American homeowners if they run into trouble paying their home loans. And it comes at a time when nearly 90,000 #VA loans are seriously past due, with 33,000 of those already in the foreclosure process, according to the data and analytics firm ICE."

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1d ago

Thousands of veterans face foreclosure after Trump's VA ends key mortgage program

www.npr.org /2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382448/va-veterans-affairs-mortgages-foreclosure-vasp

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1d ago

Thousands of veterans face foreclosure after Trump's VA ends key mortgage program

www.npr.org /2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382448/va-veterans-affairs-mortgages-foreclosure-vasp

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1d ago

Thousands of veterans face foreclosure after Trump's VA ends key mortgage program

www.npr.org /2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382448/va-veterans-affairs-mortgages-foreclosure-vasp

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Remember, you took an oath to serve the Constitution first. Time to dust off those uniforms and service rifles one last time
- You know they don't let us take our guns home, right?
  
  The US army will give soldiers a stipend to purchase their own rifles for use in battle, and those are the property of the soldier. I mean you can use a general issue rifle which you don't get to keep, but everyonei knew opted for the stipend so they could build their own custom rifle and keep it.
  Also nearly every police officer opts to use a stipend to purchase their own service firearm which is their personal property. You can use one issued by the PD, but again I don't know of anyone that opted for that route.
  
  Because the US Army is planning to deliver parts and ammo for 70 different custom rifles to all its bases and outposts.
  
  US Army does no such thing.
  
  The logistics challenges would be incredible.
  
  I don't know any soldiers who have told me that. Not saying you're wrong, just saying that's new info to me.
  
  2A for all
  
  Service weapons. My grandad brought some abomination home from the Khyber pass. Granted I didn't pry too much, cause I did that one time (unrelated story of his) and he shut the fuck down. Like went silent for what seemed like twenty minutes and just left the house. I tried asking my dad and he said he didn't know much about my grandad's time there either as he was born within days of my grandad's deployment.
  
  Some countries do. Op may not be from the u. S.
  
  He may be, but this is a very US centered post.
  
  Oh for sure. Just giving a bit of info

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