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Salud Ortiz Carbajal: “What this means is that the local housing authorities could have been housing 97 more veterans just in my district alone…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2019
What this means is that the local housing authorities could have been housing 97 more veterans just in my district alone if referrals from the VA had arrived in a timely manner.
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Salud Ortiz Carbajal
Democratic · California

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Carbajal highlights delays in VA referrals affecting veteran housing in his district.

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