you ever doubt these vouchers with hud -- you have worked out these vouchers with todd. and as bevin said earlier, you have great community partners. i am so proud of you folks. you have been at it for so many years. we're glad to keep your funding at a level -- i cannot wait to open that otis street with the. i also want to thank the chronicle and its seasonal sharing fund, the salvation army. they're wonderful partners. if you have an apartment, and i am speaking to the rest of the private sector and the city, or even the public sector in the city, if you have a unit that is available, please offer it up. these are great vouchers. there is money behind it. there is serious money behind it. but we need the other side of it to be successful. at the heart of anybody in business, they want to help. we just have to get suet. we want to make sure we present ourselves rights, and at the heart of this --i want to thank another property owner. judy is here. you know, if anybody out in the public wants to add to what visa is doing or others in terms of moving costs and furniture

to clarify how hard the works, hud was cleared to fund an additional 200 housing vouchers. the va identifies a homeless veteran, prefers them to the housing authority and provides them with case management services. these are all important elements of the program. hud is the federal agency that convenes the san francisco bureaus and guides the initiative. i want to make sure i acknowledge mark ruiz as the team lead for the home initiative here. also george, in the back of the broom, and toed cabrreras, whose work has been a central. we're working to find homes for chronically-homeless veterans who have a hud voucher. specifically the goal is to find housing for 50 veterans and 100 days. to accomplish this, we need owners and lamb motor -- and landlords to join our efforts. we know we have a long way to go before we can call this effort a success. it requires sustained engagement by the community. as for the housing choice voucher program, also called section 8, rent paid to landlords is comparable to rent received on the open market. i wanted knowledge the heavy lifting in t

hud. these vouchers are not easy to come by. they are precious. b-s that, in light of the economy of the -- it is that in light of the economy of the whole country -- should we not honor that with the best effort to find housing come -- find housing, put a roof over veterans? i just want to put it in context.

and it's called the va's hud/vash voucher program, and it remains absolutely the nuclear weapon in ourrsenal. it's flexible, it's responsive, it moves homeless veterans and their families into permanent housing quickly. here's how it works. hud provides housing assistance, traditional section 8 vouchers, that allow homeless veterans to represent privately-owned housing. at the same time what we do is we wrap around that individual now in a home the intensive clinical and support services that would actually keep them there. and since 2008 hud has made 37,500 vouchers available that were fully funded, about 10,000 each year at an annual cost of $75 million a pop. at present roughly 36,000 are in use with 5,000 veterans have the vouchers, and they're just waiting to find the house, so there's a little bit of a they there. in the president's 2013 budget request, there's an additional $75 million for another block of 10,000 hud vouchers. it recently announced that it was making 10,000 more vouchers available, that'll bring our totally up to 48,000, and great news as we drive down the numbe

hud. and it's called the va hod voucher program.t remains the nuclear weapon in the arsenal it's flexible, responsive, it moves homeless veterans and families into permanent housing quickly. here's how it works. it provide hogging assistance vowfers they low -- privately owned housing at the same time we do is wrap around that individual now in a home the intensive clinical and support services that would actually keep them there. since 2008, hud has made 37,500 vouchers of available that were fully funded about 10,000 each year and annual cost of $75 million a pop. 5,000 veterans have vouchers and waiting to find the house. there's a little bit of delay. in the president's 2013 budget request, there's an additional 75 million for another block of 10,000 hod vouchers. -- hud vouchers. it'll bring the total to 48,000 and great news as we drive down the numbers of homeless veteranses by ramping up the powerful tool that we. we're grateful to hud in the capped environment when they're making that at the same statement they're taking th

because vouchers are being handed out by hud and these programs are being facilitated, but we do needto make sure that there's sufficient services available to address the psychological and-and the substance-related issues that a person may experience. and how do people gain access to that information in order for them to go and basically, i wouldn't say demand, but really negotiate for those types of services, barbara? well, there has to be coordination, and one of the things that the affordable care act is gonna offer is also case management, and hopefully through these case management services there can a seamless transition from recovery into the community, and the fair housing act, you know, prohibits discrimination against people in recovery from housing because that's considered a disability. so, you know, theoretically going forward, there should be this seamless transition with support through aca and, you know, the coordination with the providers. dr. clark, are home and community-based services an effective way of serving persons with disabilities? well, again, you have to

. >> in addition to the 50 vets who have the subsidies, hud and va have awarded the city three million dollars enough to offer another 200 vouchers now, the push is on to find the housing. >> carolyn: if you are vet that needs help or landlord that wants to help out, we have more information and link on our website at abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> still ahead, are you looking to be your own boss? three simple steps i can follow to turn your small idea into a thriving business. >>> here is a live look from our roof cam. going to be a hot one today. how warm will it be this week? lisa argen will have your ztzp >>. >> carolyn: if you are tired of worrying about being laid off and you dream about being your own boss there is help from the woman that brings you deals and steals on "good morning america." gmatori johnson is coming to the bay area to help your small business dreams come true. anchor kristen sze has more. >> reporter: jennifer lee didn't set out to be an entrepreneur. it happened accidentally when she designed a card game to encourage her own kids to eat healthier. >> not a vegetable in sight. i needed to do somet

veteran or for female autos in addition to 50 who have the subsidyies hud and va awarded nearly $3 million. enough to offer another 200 vouchersush is on to find the housing. >> let's talk about weather forecast. there is real warmth coming up. >> yes. and there is a tremendous warm up coming our way. you can see it's breezy all over the bay area now. there is low clouds at the coast and here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. there is a little low clouds near the coastline. as mentioned though low clouds will be pushing locally inland. high temperatures into low 80s in antioch. upper 70s inland locations. around the bay despite breezy conditions it's mild on the coast. there is 77 inland east bay. and 78 up north. the winds as mentioned are brisk. there are gusts 41 miles per hour now. there is 25 miles per hour in san jose. we'll see low clouds developing overnight. and there is brezy cooler than today. tomorrow and warming into low 90s by sunday. that is going to hold on for a while. there is an approach of a weak cold front that is going to sweep through. warm up begins on saturday we'll see inland highs back into mid-80s or