Looney, Duff & Honig Call on Federal Government to Restore Home Loan Protections for Veterans

HARTFORD — Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, and Senate Chair of the Veterans’ and Military Affairs Committee Paul Honig today condemned the federal government’s abrupt cancellation of a key VA home loan assistance program that has left more than 10,000 veterans across the country facing foreclosure, and called for an immediate restoration of protections for veterans.

“Reports that more than 10,000 veterans have lost their homes since the federal government abruptly shut down a key program are deeply troubling. The federal government ignored warnings from the mortgage industry that veterans would be kicked out of their homes. We find it unfathomable that federal elected officials would not do everything in their power to support those who served our country. We ask all our colleagues in the General Assembly to join us in calling on the federal government to immediately fix this injustice and give veterans the protections they deserve. We owe them that much, and more.”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Kevin Coughlin | kevin.coughlin@cga.ct.gov | 203-710-0193