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Housing

From immediate shelter through transitional and permanent homes. We move veterans from crisis to durable placement that holds.

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The problem we are solving

The math broke. Disability income no longer covers rent in our region.

A veteran rated 50% disabled receives roughly $1,075 per month from the Department of Veterans Affairs. A modest two-bedroom in the Baltimore region rents for about $2,314. HUD-VASH vouchers stall when Fair Market Rents lag actual rents. Intake windows measured in months leave veterans in crisis with weeks.

CHV closes that specific gap for Maryland veterans that federal programs are not reaching. Not another program layer. Direct housing placements and rent assistance, where the math actually breaks.

$1,075
Avg VA disability
50% rating, monthly.
$2,314
Avg Maryland 2BR rent
Modest two-bedroom.

“$1,075 in disability. $2,314 in rent. That is a policy gap, not a personal failing.”

Four stages of housing

Shelter. Transition. Home. Stability

Housing is not a single step. It is a sequence. CHV’s work concentrates on the transitional and permanent stages where the math actually breaks and where veterans most often fall through, and on the security-deposit and rent assistance that keeps a placement from quietly failing.

  1. 1

    Immediate shelter

    Referral out to shelter partners

    For veterans in acute crisis needing a bed tonight, we connect directly to vetted regional shelter partners. Shelter is not CHV's primary offering; speed and warm hand-off to trusted providers is.

  2. 2

    Transitional housing

    CHV primary offering

    The bridge between crisis and a durable place to call home. Short- to medium-term placements with stability supports, so a veteran has time to land benefits, work, and routine before a permanent move.

  3. 3

    Permanent housing

    CHV primary offering

    Long-term placements that hold. Where veterans stay, build, and rebuild. Supported by continued case coordination so the placement does not quietly fail six months later.

  4. 4

    Security deposit and rent assistance

    CHV primary offering, funding permitting

    Housing stability aid tied to a placement. CHV can cover security deposits, close monthly rent gaps, and address move-in costs that would otherwise break a placement. Availability depends on current funding and is handled case-by-case.

What this looks like in practice

Three veterans housed. Zero lost at 12 months

Our first cohort of placements hit twelve consecutive on-time-rent months with zero landlord complaints. Not a projection. Not a pitch deck metric. Actual people, actual keys, actual addresses.

3
Veterans housed
First cohort, live today.
12
On-time rent months
Consecutive. Zero missed.
100%
Retention at 12 mo
No exits. No churn.
For veterans

Need housing? Start here

Intake is short, confidential, and returned within 24 hours.

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For landlords and PHAs

Have a unit? Partner with us

We work with landlords and Public Housing Agencies to place veterans into stable homes.

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EIN 92-3849743CFC #44992501(c)(3)Registered in MarylandZeffy 0%Veteran-led governance