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A New Judgment on Housing for Disabled Veterans

The Veterans Collective Breaks Ground on 87 More New Homes
June 7, 2024

2024 Community Impact Report
May 30, 2024

$50,000 Gift Links Veterans to Permanent Supportive Housing
May 9, 2024

We’re Halfway There! The Veterans Collective Celebrates Milestone and 5 New Buildings Starting Construction
June 27, 2023

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Resident Stories

A Soldier’s Journey to Sobriety and a Home

Transitioning from homelessness, Anthony Robinson became one of the first Veterans to secure a studio apartment on the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center campus. The Army Veteran, emerging from a 45-year struggle with addiction to cocaine and methamphetamines, is a grateful tenant of Building 207, one of four permanent supportive housing developments for Veterans.

The Veterans Collective creates housing, sense of community, aided by Wells Fargo

Just a few months ago, Bill McGaughy lived alone in a van, spending what income he had on food. Now, he lives in an apartment, eating healthy, affordable meals in a community of previously homeless veterans like himself.

Now I’m Where I’m Supposed to Be

When Ernest McFadden returned home after completing his military service in 1973, the Army Veteran was advised not to wear his uniform in public again. It was not the welcome home he’d expected. Nor was the life-changing addiction that followed. Even with a job and his hard-fought sobriety, Ernest still couldn’t afford housing, becoming yet another statistic—one of LA’s working homeless.

ONCE HOMELESS ADVOCATE NOW ENJOYS SUPPORTING PEERS

Babs Ludikhuize spent her time in the Air Force learning to drive heavy trucks and shuttling supplies around the high desert. Now she draws from her past traumas with homelessness, substance use and mental health to help fellow Veterans with their struggles.