Local leaders say the projects were passed over during the last round of applications for state funding from Oregon Housing and Community Services, despite Central Oregon's ongoing growth and need

After serving 18 years in the Marines, Todd Walters found himself homeless at age 60. Though the Iraqi War veteran faces significant challenges in finding his next home, he refuses to sit idly when there's food and friends to be made.

Andrew Couture has lived in the juniper forest east of Redmond for more than a decade. With another sweep looming, the disabled veteran who lives on a fixed income wonders where he and his friends will go.