The board may establish one or more programs for providing financial assistance to veterans under this chapter. A program may be limited to the purpose of purchasing land, selling land to veterans, making home mortgage loans to veterans, or providing one or more veterans homes or veterans cemeteries. To the extent a financial assistance program is for the purpose of purchasing land or selling land to veterans, the program shall be administered, to the extent consistent with this chapter and otherwise deemed practicable and desirable by the board, in accordance with the board’s Veterans’ Land Program. To the extent a financial assistance program is for the purpose of making home mortgage loans to veterans, the program shall be administered, to the extent consistent with this chapter and otherwise deemed practicable and desirable by the board, in accordance with the board’s Veterans’ Housing Assistance Program.