Veterans Affairs: Implementation of Temporary Residence Adaptation Grants. 06/15/09. As of May 2009, approximately 34,000 service members had been wounded in action as part
of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. In response to concerns about
the assistance that service members injured in combat receive when they transition back into
civilian life, Congress has enacted several laws to improve the benefits available to veterans
and service members, including the Veterans’ Housing Opportunity and Benefits
Improvement Act of 2006.1 This act authorized the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to
expand its previously existing adaptive housing assistance grants to include eligible
individuals temporarily living in a home owned by a family member, known as Temporary
Residence Adaptation (TRA) grants. GAO
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