Representative Al Green (D-TX) introduced a package of bills to address the housing needs of veterans on January 23. H.R. 384, the Homes for Heroes Act of 2013, would establish the position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs at HUD. The language would also mandate the annual submission of the Supplemental Veterans Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR). While the current Administration has submitted a Veterans AHAR annually, the report is not explicitly mandated by law (see Memo, 3/30/12). The measure has been referred to the House Committee on Financial Services and has 16 cosponsors as of this writing. The measure was also introduced in the 112th Congress, and passed the House by a vote of 415 to 5. However, the Senate never acted on it and thus it died at the end of the last Congress.H.R. 385, the Housing Assistance for Veterans (HAVEN) Act of 2013, would create a pilot program to authorize the HUD Secretary to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of low income veterans and veterans with disabilities. The measure has been referred to the House Committee on Financial Services and has three cosponsors as of this writing. The HAVEN Act was also introduced in the 112th Congress. The measure passed the House as part of broader legislation to address the housing needs of veterans on September 20, 2012, but failed to advance in the Senate before the end of the 112th Congress (see Memo, 9/28/12).H.R. 386 would authorize the HUD Secretary to provide assistance to nonprofits and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for very low income veteran households. The assistance authorized under the bill could be awarded as planning grants, capital advance funds, project-based rental assistance, or tenant-based rental assistance. The measure would exclude veterans' benefits from income for purposes of rent determination for HUD-assisted housing. This bill als0 would create the position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs at HUD and mandate the annual submission of the Veterans AHAR. The measure was also introduced in the 112th Congress but did not advance out of Committee. H.R. 386 has 18 cosponsors as of this writing and has been referred to the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Ways and Means.The full text of H.R. 384, H.R. 385 and H.R. 386 will be available on THOMAS shortly.