The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily paused U.S. District Judge David O. Carter's order requiring more than 2,500 housing units on the 400-acre West Los Angeles VA campus while the federal government decides whether to petition the U.S. Supreme Court. The panel gave VA officials until Dec. 10 to decide and said that if they do not appeal by then "the stay will be lifted immediately." Plaintiffs' attorney Mark Rosenbaum said the government has "lost every time they have taken this to court."
A Ninth Circuit panel denied the government's request to halt construction in September 2026; Carter's underlying order dates to 2024 in a case filed by unhoused veterans in 2023.
Union Tower, a 94-unit affordable housing complex built by Wakeland Housing in National City that opened in May 2026, has placed 24 veterans who were experiencing homelessness into housing. The complex replaced 32 older units on the site and serves households earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income.
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced $1.17 billion in FY2027 grants to 680 organizations serving veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, which the agency called a record high. $855 million goes to one-year Supportive Services for Veteran Families grants and $318 million to three-year Grant and Per Diem transitional-housing grants, both beginning October 1, 2026. VA said the awards follow its housing of 51,936 homeless veterans in fiscal year 2025, which it called the most in seven years.
VA's comparable award announced August 27, 2025 was more than $818 million, to 235 organizations.