Contributor: When will L.A.'s #veterans finally get the housing they were promised?
Jon Duffy, November 10, 2026
"An annual count in January put the number of #HomelessVeterans across most of Los Angeles County at 2,257, down 26% from the year before. That decline is welcome. It's harder to explain why veterans have twice had to sue their government over housing on land donated for that very purpose.
"In the first suit, filed in 2011, homeless veterans with severe disabilities challenged the VA's leases to outside groups on the 387-acre #WestLosAngeles VA campus in #BrentwoodCA. They argued that without a place to live near the #VAHospital, they couldn't get the care they needed. The VA settled in 2015. The plan that followed that settlement called for 1,200 homes to be built on the campus.
"More than a decade later, the VA is still working toward that goal."
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