Tangent point: Don't hire a homeless person with a car (that's what happened to me).

No one wants to see a homeless vet.

its very common approach by most Guru's  IE: " I was broke living in my parents garage or homeless or whatever then I found the secret sauce so I just want to share it with you.. " 

Also put in some nice recessed interior lighting as well as exterior lighting, both a security and cosmetic improvement.New fence (there was nothing previously)Screen Shot 2017-12-15 at 6.50.20 AMMy new secure, patio sliding door - an earlier security weak pointScreen Shot 2017-12-15 at 6.50.05 AMThe plus side (if there was such a thing) to Harvey is that I was able to get the other two bedrooms rented out as coworkers had become homeless (their apartments had flooded).

I do this solely for a community outreach project to bring people up and offer affordable low income housing to people who would otherwise move away or go homeless .

Our experience is that any tenant who came with a voucher plus the assistance of any agency, or who had been in a homeless shelter, was an absolute nightmare. 

For us this is more of a second home less of a rental.

In a totally unrelated transaction they allowed a buyer family to become homeless due to "investor focused lending".  

I hope to be a position one day to follow in your steps.I can give you a few charitable non-profits than my wife and I volunteer for, but is there a certain area you and your wife would prefer to focus on, such as children, animals, the homeless, the unemployed, etc.?

Carrie...the HUD-VASH program is different from what you are thinking of which is a residential (also known as a personal care home) for veterans.HUD-VASH are vouchers given to homeless veterans similar to the Section 8 programs many may be familiar with.