ByĀ losangeles.cbslocal.com
The federal government on Thursday released a plan to build nearly 2,000 apartments to house chronically homeless veterans in West Los Angeles to settle a lawsuit that alleged it had ignored their plight.
The Department of Veterans Affairs unveiled the draft of a master plan to build 1,200 permanent and 700 short-term housing units at the site of its sprawling West Los Angeles health and medical campus. If the plan receives federal approval, construction of housing could begin this year.
The VA also plans to expand special services for women veterans and those with specific issues such as brain injuries and mental health and addiction problems.
āThe plan is not to convert the campus into a giant homeless village. That would be bad practice and against the desires of most homeless people who would like to live in the real 
world,ā Gary Blasi, one of the attorneys who sued on behalf of disabled vets, told the Los Angeles Times. āThe idea is to have the campus help prevent homelessness, to have services to intervene so families donāt fall apart and become homeless.ā
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