by Pat Hartman | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago, House the Homeless blog talked about how the Veterans Administration (VA) arrived at an impasse where it could not even pretend to keep up with compensation claims. Documents were shredded, and requests for help ignored, resulting...
by Pat Hartman | Jul 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
House the Homeless blog has been looking at the various ways in which veterans are denied their rights, a terrible situation which often results in homelessness and premature death. There are the enormously long waits before a case can be considered and acted...
by Pat Hartman | Jul 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
In “Homeless Veterans and Corruption,” House the Homeless looked at the unauthorized and improper shredding of documents pertinent to compensation cases. Also, there is the land that has been given to America’s veterans, and manipulated to benefit everyone but...
by Pat Hartman | Jul 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
When contemplating the shabby treatment accorded to America’s veterans, the question is how far back to go. In 2008, Amanda Ruggeri reported for U.S. News & World Report on the shredder scandal, which began with an accidental discovery, when an...
by House the Homeless | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
If there is one best way to solve the social crisis of homelessness it is this: Our society must pay people a living wage. Some people balk at this assertion. They try to maintain that paying a living wage is “baloney,” and falsely claim that increasing wages...
by Pat Hartman | Jun 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Like many entertainers, comedian Greg Proops is anti-war but pro-soldier, and believes that a lot of Americans see no choice other than enlistment, because “the economy is so awful and I think that the underclass has to join the service to get three squares and some...
