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Homeless veteran has new home thanks to Milwaukee VA program [Video]

More than 300 homeless veterans in Wisconsin now have a place to call home. This is thanks to the Homeless Prevention Program at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center and its community-based outpatient clinics.WISN 12 News spoke to a veteran who was helped through this program. He hit rock bottom but is rebuilding his life.In 1976, at the age of 17, Glen Hauser was a recovery specialist with the U.S. Army.”I went out and recovered vehicles,” Hauser said. “Anything with wheels that broke down, we went and got.”Throughout the years, Hauser became a father of four. He had a good job as a courier with U.S. Bank and bought a house.”I lived in a 4,000-square-foot house. I was making in the six-figure marks,” he said.Then, things started to spiral. He got a divorce and had a heart attack at the age of 48. “They just did the 14th stent. And like …

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