VA Secretary Vows to Eliminate LA’s ‘Veterans Row’ Homeless Encampment by November – By Nikki Wentling (Stars and Stripes) / Oct 21 2021
WASHINGTON – Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough vowed Wednesday to get all homeless veterans living in the area known as “veterans row” in Los Angeles into housing by Nov. 1.
About 40 people live along veterans row, a homeless encampment just outside the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. McDonough visited the facility two weeks ago and spoke to veterans living there.
“I think this is a question of rolling up our sleeves and getting to work and getting it done,” he said. “That’s what I pledged to the veterans I spoke with on veterans row that day and what the country expects us to do.”
The VA assigned a social worker and an employee who specializes in homelessness resources to speak with the veterans and help get them into housing, McDonough said. The goal is to find them temporary housing by November – less than two weeks away.
