RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Veterans now have a new place to call home thanks to a housing village built specifically for them by Liberation Veterans Services, an organization that has served nearly 800 veterans over more than a decade.

The Liberation Veterans Village offers 50 micro apartments, each with private bathrooms, showers and living quarters, plus a commercial kitchen where residents can store food and personal items.

The facility also includes a laundry room and common gathering area.

“I’m a firm believer that you do what you can with what you have, how you can do it,” said Jay Patrick, founder of Liberation Veterans Services, which he started close to 12 years ago.

Patrick said there are two words that should never go together: homeless and veteran.

According to HUD, a January

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