New East Bay affordable home complex opens for veterans, homeless residents
“’Satellite Affordable Housing Associates is thrilled to continue our work to serve veterans and end veteran homelessness in Contra Costa County,’ Susan Friedland, chief executive officer of SAHA, said in a statement. ‘Affordable homes for veterans are desperately needed throughout the county and the state. According to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, there are over 10,000 veterans currently experiencing homelessness in California alone. We can change this.’
Ben Johnson, former Pittsburg mayor and past commander of the Disabled American Veterans, said he was ‘happy to see new housing for veterans.’
‘We don’t have enough housing for disabled veterans or veterans in need,”’Johnson said. ‘It’s not just one person doing it. It’s a whole army of people to make it happen.'”