{"id":21341,"date":"2023-06-02T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=21341"},"modified":"2023-05-22T14:49:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T18:49:46","slug":"ride-with-valor-the-next-step-in-solving-veteran-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/ride-with-valor-the-next-step-in-solving-veteran-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride with Valor: The Next Step in Solving Veteran Homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As interest in joining the military plummets and US soldiers continue to be at a statistically higher risk of becoming homeless, great strides are being made to solve the crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the\u00a0<\/span>Housing First Initiative<\/span><\/a>\u00a0taking off and over\u00a0<\/span>40,401 veterans placed in permanent housing<\/span><\/a>, another nonprofit presents an innovative solution by renovating abandoned homes. Abandon home renovation is an insightful way to address the homeless crisis because it solves two issues at once \u2013 the homeless crisis and the environmental one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s an in-depth look at\u00a0<\/span>Ride With Valor<\/span><\/a>, the organization that sees renovation as a possible solution to veteran homelessness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ride With Valor Aims to Replace Blight with Hope<\/h3>\n

“We take homes in the community that have been abandoned, and we completely remodel them and then furnish them for a previously homeless veteran,” explained the CEO of Ride With Valor, Scot Rhoda, in an\u00a0<\/span>interview<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ohio-based project leader recently took on a home in the Bedford Heights region that was scheduled for demolition and turned it into a turnkey property for formerly\u00a0<\/span>homeless veteran<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Don Ray Thompson, Jr., a doting father of twins, who served in the Navy, Army, and the Merchant Marines.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not just good news for Thompson and his toddlers. It is also a promising revelation for the hundreds of veterans enduring the horrors of homelessness in Ohio. If all goes well with this renovation project, there might be more to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

This would mean introducing a novel way to save more veterans from homelessness and, on an even larger scale, save the planet from the environmentally damaging presence of blight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blighted Buildings Pose a Serious Threat to The Environment<\/h3>\n

Housing left in an uninhabitable, dilapidated state, also known as blight, is not just or hard on the eyes. It takes its toll on the planet as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaving these houses vacant creates environmental, economic, health, and structural damage detrimental to cities and the general public. Some of the many issues posed by unmanaged blight include:<\/span><\/p>\n