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NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Rounds Introduce Bill to Help Veterans Keep Their Homes

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) led the introduction of the Veterans Housing Stability Act to help keep veterans and servicemembers in their homes by reestablishing a vital program through the Department of Veterans Affairs.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) helped veterans keep their homes by providing forbearances on most VA borrowers through the VA’s COVID mortgage forbearance program. The Partial Claim Program, established during the pandemic, helped countless veterans with financial difficulty stay in their homes. However, as of 2022, the VA ended its Partial Claim Program, leaving thousands of veterans who may have

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Padilla, Warren, Waters Lead Fight to Continue Funding for Emergency Housing Voucher Program

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, along with Representative Maxine Waters (D-Calif.-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, and nearly 100 lawmakers in urging Congressional Appropriations leadership to include robust funding for the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program as part of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding legislation. Tens of thousands of Americans depend on this vital program for safe, stable, and affordable housing. The letter comes as the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced in

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester Tours Chapel Branch, First Publicly Funded Affordable Housing Built in Lewes in Over 20 Years

Lewes, Del. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, visited the future site of Chapel Branch Apartments in Lewes. During the visit, she received a briefing on the project and toured the construction. “Delaware has a housing shortage at every income level, and we are in need of more success stories like Chapel Branch in the First State,” said Senator Blunt Rochester, a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. “Chapel Branch will increase our housing options in our state while providing safe homes for many Delawareans. It is time for us to take on the housing crisis and ensure

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