BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) -- A new affordable housing complex is being built for our state’s heroes. A New York based nonprofit called the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is working to eradicate homelessness among veterans.

"We have a lot of homeless veterans [in Birmingham] and in Alabama. They need a community, they need a family. A lot of times they bare the scars of war, the demons of what they’ve seen and experienced," State Senator Andrew Jones said. "A lot of veterans as we know are susceptible to mental health and drug addiction and those type of things so a community, a home, a village like this is what they need to help them move forward toward a brighter future.”

The ‘Veterans Village’ will be inside the old Spark by Hilton hotel in the Colonnade. The state says conversations for th

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