VA Ends Mortgage-Rescue Program For Veterans

May 1, 2025 Housing, Trump Administration

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, as of Thursday, has ended a new mortgage-rescue program that so far has helped about 20,000 veterans avoid foreclosure and keep their homes.

The move leaves millions of military veterans with far worse options than most other American homeowners if they run into trouble paying their home loans. And it comes at a time when nearly 90,000 VA loans are seriously past due, with 33,000 of those already in the foreclosure process, according to the data and analytics firm ICE.

“The Trump administration rightfully put an end to VA’s VASP program,” said a joint statement from Rep. Mike Bost, an Illinois Republican and chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rep. Derrick Van Orden, a Wisconsin Republican, when VA announced its plan to end VASP.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs will end its mortgage bailout program that provides “last resort” assistance to veterans facing foreclosure and holding VA-backed loans.https://t.co/hTGyvJi0no

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