Homes For Our Troops Builds Home for Veteran Billy Chandler

A mortgage-free custom home is being built for Army veteran Billy Chandler, who lost his left leg in an Iraq IED strike.

Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Military

Homes For Our Troops Builds Home for Veteran Billy Chandler

Homes For Our Troops is building a mortgage-free custom home for Billy Chandler, a former Army soldier severely injured during a deployment in Iraq. Volunteers recently planted flowers and shrubs and spread mulch on the property.

Why it matters

The project provides housing adapted to the needs of a veteran who lost his left leg after an IED struck the vehicle he was in. It also highlights the organization's work building specially adapted homes for post-9/11 veterans in Miami and across the country.

Homes For Our Troops has built more than 400 homes for veterans across the country, according to the organization. Chandler served a little over four years in the U.S. Army, but the timing of his deployment and injury was not specified.

The players

Homes For Our Troops

A nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes to post-9/11 veterans.

Billy Chandler

An Army veteran who lost his left leg after an IED struck the vehicle he was in during a deployment in Iraq.

The details

Homes For Our Troops builds and donates specially adapted custom homes to post-9/11 veterans. Volunteers planted flowers, shrubs, and spread mulch on Chandler's property as part of the build.

Chandler served a little over four years in the U.S. Army before his injury.
The date of his Iraq deployment and IED strike was not stated.

Roadmap

Homes For Our Troops has built over 400 adapted homes for veterans nationwide through its program for post-9/11 service members. This Miami-area build continues that model of providing mortgage-free housing for veterans with serious service-related injuries.

Veterans with serious service-related injuries can receive mortgage-free, specially adapted housing through programs like this one. Residents in the Miami area may see similar community volunteer efforts supporting local veterans.

The takeaway

Programs that provide adapted housing address the long-term physical needs of veterans injured in service. Community volunteers can support these efforts directly through local organizing and donations to veteran housing nonprofits.