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Veterans Pay Debts While Reality TV Elites Get Pardons
- Last month, the Department of Veterans Affairs abruptly ended the VA Servicing Purchase program designed to help veterans facing foreclosure on VA-backed loans.
- The Trump administration created VASP in April 2022 to assist veterans with troubled loans by offering low-interest-rate mortgages, but concerns about its multi-billion-dollar cost led to its cancellation.
- VASP helped over 33,000 veterans secure new loans at about 2.5% interest, much lower than current average mortgage rates near 7%, yet around 80,000 veterans remain behind on payments and risk foreclosure.
- VA Secretary Doug Collins defended ending VASP, calling it unnecessary, while lawmakers and veterans expressed fear and frustration over losing a critical safety net without a ready replacement.
- Congress has passed one bill and introduced two others aiming to create a new home loan safety net, but the timeline and how many veterans will lose homes remain uncertain during the transition.
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'You just turned your back': Pro-Trump veterans furious after he cuts critical VA program
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Trump’s VA cut a program that’s saving vets’ homes. Even Republicans have questions
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Stansbury Opposes Trump Cuts To Vital Veteran Programs
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