Archive - Home of the Brave — a Long Lead Newsletter

White House orders housing for 6,000 homeless veterans be built on West LA VA campus

“We can definitely start housing veterans here — and across America,” says one recently-housed veteran upon hearing the news.

May 10 •

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John Patrick Pullen

April 2025

In homeless veterans’ lawsuit appeal, court weighs “incapable” VA against a judge acting like a “king”

The three-judge panel questioned potential overreach by the district court, while also lamenting the VA's historic shortcomings in combating LA's…

Apr 9 •

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DOJ lawyer in El Salvador deportation case joins VA appeal of homeless vet lawsuit

Yaakov Roth, a Federalist Society member and former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, joined the Justice Department in February and has…

Apr 8 •

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John Patrick Pullen

March 2025

"Broken promises": Vets reply to the VA's attempt to overturn a landmark lawsuit

Gearing up for the VA's appeal of 'Powers v. McDonough,' veterans say the government's failure to house homeless veterans has lethal consequences.

Mar 6 •

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“A direct threat to national security”: Top retired military leaders assail VA's homeless response, backing veterans' lawsuit

The decorated officers draw a direct line between veteran homelessness and recruitment issues at a time when the scope and complexity of global threats…

Mar 1 •

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January 2025

Opening brief filed in appeal as wildfire-evacuated veterans return to VA campus

Court papers filed ahead of an April rematch show the VA’s argument for why it should be able to continue leasing land donated for veteran housing to…

Jan 23 •

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Wildfire worries force evacuation of West LA VA housing and homeless shelters

Unhoused vets wonder how thousands of newly displaced people — including fellow veterans — will complicate their decades-long struggle for housing and…

Jan 14 •

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November 2024

Appeals court halts construction of homeless veteran housing ordered by federal judge

The shelter units, which would protect more than 100 vets from living on the streets this winter, will not be developed until after an April 2025 appeal…

Nov 27, 2024 •

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As appeal showdown looms, Carter denies VA's request to halt housing construction

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is likely to stay the judge's order compelling the VA to develop temporary housing.

Nov 14, 2024 •

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On Veterans Day weekend, appeals court grants VA's request to halt building of homeless vet housing

The construction was being expedited so the temporary housing would be in place before LA's winter rains claimed the lives of more unhoused veterans.

Nov 12, 2024 •

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"Can you help a homeless vet?"

EDITORIAL: It's Veterans Day, and time to acknowledge a sad truth — the VA is unequipped to solve an unhoused veterans crisis of its own creation.

Published on Long Lead • Nov 11, 2024

"Veterans don’t trust you." Judge rebukes VA for breaking its promise to pay for homeless veteran housing

The VA had also barred consultants from the campus, but Judge Carter ordered the department to allow them back on the land to prepare sites for housing…

Nov 8, 2024 •

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