Tuesday 20 December 2011
Origins of the VA Loan Program
American soldiers coming home from World War II faced monumental challenges readjusting to society. It was common to give homecoming soldiers a cash bonus to help them in their civilian lives. But this changed in 1944, when the Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, Public Law 78-346. In Title III of that Act, soldiers were offered a loan in order to purchase their own house. This was the first step of the Veterans' Administration or VA home loan program.
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