{"id":76282,"date":"2023-03-22T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/22\/va-change-will-lower-home-loan-rates-for-some-native-american-vets\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:06:15","slug":"va-change-will-lower-home-loan-rates-for-some-native-american-vets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2023\/03\/22\/va-change-will-lower-home-loan-rates-for-some-native-american-vets\/","title":{"rendered":"VA change will lower home loan rates for some Native American vets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Native Americans<\/a> using a special Veterans Affairs home loan program will see their interest rates slashed by more than half as part of a new inititative to make housing more affordable for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move is only expected to affect a few hundred veterans over the next few years. But it represents the latest in a series of outreach efforts by VA <\/a>officials to disenfranchised groups of veterans and specifically to Native Americans, whose unique status has sometimes caused difficulties in obtaining department benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, department leaders proposed a new rule to waive medical copayments<\/a> for American Indian and Alaska Native veterans. Last November, the department unveiled a new partnership between VA and the Indian Health Service to explore ways to increase health care access and quality for the same group.<\/p>\n\n\n\t