William Wise, a South Jersey resident and Vietnam War veteran, was homeless until someone told him about a temporary housing and rehabilitation program run by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

Wise now lives at Veterans Haven, a two-year program in Winslow Township, after being homeless and a junkie and facing other physical and mental problems.

Wise, 57, described his circumstances Tuesday at a hearing about homeless veterans held by Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the housing subcommittee of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

Wise urged the federal government to set up programs like Veterans Haven to house the approximately 131,000 homeless veterans nationwide. Read more about homeless veterans…

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