Books with author A.J. Stanton

Children of Veterans who are disabled but do not collect their earned disability, go through homelessness, and what they really wish to have. I have taken the point of view that my own children must see when dealing with this at a much younger age. As of the original writings, they are older teenagers. Homeless three times in just two years. Not evicted this time but our last lease was terminated due to the word HUD in HUD-VASH - a program designed to help homeless vets obtain and keep substantial housing with a percentage of housing allowance. The VA can only help a vet obtain housing once every 3-5 years. They negotiate the rental terms with the rental agent and join the program by allowing yearly renewal by inspection and financial criteria for the vet seeking housing. After our last rental was purchased from a company separate from the company that leased our apartment while mid-lease from our leasing agents company, the new vet owners decided to terminate our lease after 16 months of on-time payments. They never approached us with questions and automatically assumed a different form of HUD that has gained a bad stigma. For two years in a row, we have had to visit our teenagers over Christmas as they stay with families that are safely housed and no chance of seeing this side of the struggle again. They know that if anyone can make it happen, it will be us and it will just take precious time. I don't feel that families really have that long to wait before ruining happy years of their juvenile lives. We would love to be able to re-house vets permanently and watch their families grow instead of constantly feeling impoverished. With the sales of this book, I fully intend to not only fix our problems, but pay it forward and help others get back on their feet as well.