{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/latest-headlines/homeless-veterans-find-shelter-at-patriot-place-apartments-", "Homeless veterans find shelter at Patriot Place apartments", "2016-10-10", "2016", "2016-10", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Homeless veterans find shelter at Patriot Place apartments  \r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                Monday, October 10, 2016\r\n            \r\n            \n\t\n\r\n            \r\n            \r\n                  \r\n                    By:\u00a0\r\n                    Tommy Sladek \r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                \r\n                \r\n            COLUMBIA \u2014 U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill paid a visit to Columbia Monday to tour the Patriot Place apartments, a campus providing housing for homeless veterans.\r\nThe City of Columbia, in partnership with the Columbia Housing Authority, Truman Memorial Veterans\u2019 Hospital and the not-for-profit organization Welcome Home, turned the old Deluxe Inn into a 25-unit apartment building.\r\nThe project began in February 2014, and the first resident moved in May 2016.\r\nThree months later, all 25 fully-furnished units were occupied by a veteran. Columbia Housing Authority CEO Phil Steinhaus said the efforts are paying off.\r\n\"We've housed 25 more, so I think it's making an impact,\" Steinhaus said. \"We've been operating the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program since 2008. We see a lot of veterans once they move into stable housing, be able to move back up into self-reliance and independence.\"\r\nMcCaskill, the daughter of a World War II veteran, has made combating veteran homelessness a priority of her work in the Senate.\r\nBefore moving in, veteran Sonny Brown was homeless on the streets, dealing with a dangerous drinking problem. In just two short months at Patriot Place, a now-sober Brown has taken classes and is going back to school.\r\n\"The apartment is so great,\" Brown said. \"The people that work here, my neighbors, everyone's great.\"\r\n            \r\n             \r\n            \r\n            \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/latest-headlines/homeless-veterans-find-shelter-at-patriot-place-apartments-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8683758787810802, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}