{"id":71997,"date":"2025-04-04T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/04\/04\/va-leaders-to-halt-mortgage-rescue-program-launched-last-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:22:47","slug":"va-leaders-to-halt-mortgage-rescue-program-launched-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2025\/04\/04\/va-leaders-to-halt-mortgage-rescue-program-launched-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"VA leaders to halt mortgage rescue program launched last year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Affairs officials next month will end a 10-month-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/veterans\/2024\/04\/10\/new-va-support-program-to-buy-up-veterans-defaulted-home-loans\/\" target=\"_blank\">mortgage rescue program for veterans<\/a> in danger of losing their homes, following significant Republican criticism over the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/resources\/veterans-affairs-servicing-purchase-vasp-program-faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase<\/a> (VASP) program was launched in late May 2024 to purchase defaulted VA loans from outside mortgage servicers. Officials would then modify the terms of the loans to allow financially strapped veterans to avoid eviction from and forfeiture of their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 17,000 veterans received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/03\/06\/what-troops-and-retirees-need-to-know-about-the-va-home-loan-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\">home loans <\/a>with lower interest rates through the program, according to VA statistics. But the effort drew sharp criticism from conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who claimed it undermined the existing VA home loans program by providing too much financial aid to a select few veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, department officials said the program will stop accepting new enrollees on May 1. \u201cThis change is necessary because VA is not set up or intended to be a mortgage loan restructuring service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/fedlife\/financial-planning\/2024\/04\/10\/new-va-support-program-to-buy-up-veterans-defaulted-home-loans\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635623554684579046-129169102jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA support program to buy up veterans\u2019 defaulted home loans<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Department of Veterans Affairs will start buying veterans&#039; failing mortgages to help them stay in their homes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans immediately hailed the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had serious concerns about the impact VASP would have on not only the future of VA\u2019s home loan program, but the mortgage lending business as a whole,\u201d House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost, R-Ill., and economic opportunity subcommittee Chairman Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisc., said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday, the Trump administration rightfully put an end to VA\u2019s VASP program. This action underscores House Republicans\u2019 intent to establish a partial claims program at VA to ensure veterans\u2019 can stay in their homes if they\u2019re in financial hardship while still protecting the American taxpayer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program was open to veterans who defaulted on their VA home loan mortgages in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States in spring 2020, Congress approved a forbearance program allowing some individuals who lost their normal stream of income to skip mortgage payments for months. But when that program ended in October 2022, thousands of veterans found they owed large payments, leaving them with insurmountable bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VASP program was designed to fix that problem, providing an alternative to eviction for individuals facing significant financial hardship. Critics noted that veterans who renegotiated higher, costly new mortgages in lieu of missing payments did not benefit from the safety net program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional officials said in the last 10 months, VA officials have purchased more than $5.4 billion worth of home loans through the VASP program, with an average price of $320,000 per loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Republicans have called that an inefficient use of taxpayer money, noting that many of the veterans could still default on payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional Democrats attacked the decision to end the VASP effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEliminating a program that keeps veterans in their homes \u2014 when they face painful financial hardship \u2014 is an act of consummate cruelty and incompetence,\u201d said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., ranking member of the Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis program gives [veterans] last-resort options to avoid the emotional and financial crisis that often leads to homelessness. [VA Secretary Doug Collins] should \u2026 reverse this reprehensible misstep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the initial rules governing the VASP program, borrowers were guaranteed a fixed 2.5% interest rate for the remainder of their loans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA officials said the end of enrollment will not impact VA\u2019s loan guaranty services for veterans and will not affect any of the program\u2019s existing participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department\u2019s VA home loan program is among the best-known and most used benefits by veterans across America. 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