West Los Angeles Builds Additional Supportive Housing for Veterans

The North Campus of the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs master-planned community has a new affordable housing development to support veterans with special needs who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. MacArthur Field A is a three-story, secure-access home for veterans earning 30-50% of Area Median Income. It includes 74 apartments that are 100-percent electric with solar support.

A project of the Veterans Collective, MacArthur Field A was developed by Core Affordable Housing, LLC and is managed by EAH Housing. The property includes a gym, laundry facilities, and a business center, as well as a large exterior recreational area, walking paths, a community garden, and a dog park.

HCD's Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program provided $15 million in funding for MacArthur Field A, with another $21.8 million awarded for the next section of the development-MacArthur Field B. Between the two buildings, the Veterans Collective will create 148 new permanent supportive homes for formerly homeless and disabled veterans.

Permanent supportive housing for veterans and other Californians with behavioral health challenge will be a major focus statewide, as HCD administers the Homekey+ program made possible in large part through voter approval of Proposition 1.