{"id":73355,"date":"2020-07-21T11:51:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T11:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/21\/plan-to-boost-housing-improvement-grants-for-disabled-veterans-poised-to-become-law\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:22:36","slug":"plan-to-boost-housing-improvement-grants-for-disabled-veterans-poised-to-become-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2020\/07\/21\/plan-to-boost-housing-improvement-grants-for-disabled-veterans-poised-to-become-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan to boost housing improvement grants for disabled veterans poised to become law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

House lawmakers on Monday easily passed legislation designed to give additional grants for housing upgrades to disabled veterans<\/a>, sending the measure to the president to be signed into law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill, under discussion on Capitol Hill for more than a year, did not have any significant opposition but has been mired in legislative gridlock for months. It had been a priority of officials from the Wounded Warrior Project, who argued the current VA Specially Adaptive Housing Grant <\/a>was too limited in its current form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the current program, the housing grants \u2014 used for a host of home upgrades like wheelchair ramps, accessible cabinets and wider doorways \u2014 can total about $90,000 but can only be given to veterans once in a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\t