Oklahoma § 72-412

§ 72-412.

Special housing grant program for disabled veterans.

A. Subject to the availability of funds, the Oklahoma

Department of Veterans Affairs shall develop a special

housing grant program, not to exceed Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00) per veteran, for the purpose of

bearing the costs not borne by the federal government for

a specifically designed home for disabled veterans. To

qualify for a special housing grant, all of the following

shall be met:

1. The veteran shall be approved for the federal grant under

the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Specially Adapted

Housing program;

2. The veteran shall have been a resident of the state before

entering active service with the armed forces;

3. The veteran shall be physically residing in the state at the

time the federal grant is approved, as well as at the time the

application for the grant and receipt of the state grant are made;

4. The veteran's home shall be used for the purpose of

establishing permanent, and not temporary, residency in the state;

5. The home the veteran is remodeling or purchasing shall be in

the state;

6. The veteran shall formally apply for the grant by completing

the form designated by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs;

7. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall verify

statements to establish that the veteran meets the eligibility

requirements for the grant; and

8. The application shall be approved by the Director of the

Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.

B. In no event shall the state pay a qualified veteran a share

greater than the federal government toward the purchase or

remodeling of such home.

C. The state grant shall be disbursed to the veteran in the

care of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs regional

office to be placed in escrow. This disbursement shall be made only

when the federal grant has been approved and the United States

Department of Veterans Affairs is ready to complete the escrow

agreement and authorize the construction, purchase or remodeling of

the specially designed home for the disabled veteran.

D. The special housing grant shall be made to a veteran only

once.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors

E. Each awarded special housing grant shall be paid from the

Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Revolving Fund to the extent funds

are available.

F. The veteran may also apply for the special housing grant if

he or she has previously exhausted his or her United States

Department of Veterans Affairs' Specially Adopted Housing program

benefits.

Added by Laws 2015, c. 185, § 3, eff. July 1, 2015.

NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 412 of Title 63 for consistency

in numbering.