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In 2011 a group of homeless veterans sued the center, claiming that the VA was renting land in the center for commercial gain and ignoring the needs of homeless veterans for housing. [1] [2] In 2015, as part of the settlement of the 2011 lawsuit, [3] the Department of Veterans Affairs released a draft master plan for the future of the campus. [2]
In January 2013, there were an estimated 57,849 homeless veterans in the U.S., or 12% of the homeless population. [14] Just under 8% were female. [15] In July 2014, the largest population of homeless veterans lived in Los Angeles County, with there being over 6,000 homeless veterans, out of the total estimated 54,000 homeless within that area. [16]
A homeless person in Los Angeles sleeps on the street, 2010. 95% of those who responded to a 2019 Los Angeles Times poll called homelessness a serious or very serious problem in the city. [86] In 2019 over 39,000 people were homeless in the city. [87]
LOS ANGELES — The VA must build more than 2,500 units of housing for homeless veterans on its sprawling campus in west Los Angeles, a federal judge ruled Friday.. U.S. District Judge David O ...
The Weingart Center Assn. will soon begin placing homeless people in a 278-unit tower, part of a project it hopes will change the skyline and ambience of Skid Row. ... (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles ...
Judge David O. Carter – ruling in a lawsuit brought by homeless vets – ordered the VA to build about 2,500 temporary and permanent units of housing on the land so that more veterans can move ...
Rodger Young Village, named for Private Rodger Wilton Young, was one of several such projects under the control of the Los Angeles City Housing Authority. Veterans and their families were able to rent living space at reasonable rates, while waiting for the post-war housing "boom" to counter the post-war housing "crunch."
There are more than 45,000 people experiencing homelessness in the city of Los Angeles, according to the city's Homeless Services Authority. King says many of them suffer from serious medical ...