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Government,
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Nov. 25, 2024

VA budget shortfall testimony cited in LA housing dispute

Attorneys representing the VA in a dispute with homeless veterans have pointed to department officials' testimony before a congressional committee to bolster its claims that budget constraints would limit its ability to construct housing in West LA.

Department of Veterans Affairs officials' congressional testimony that they are anticipating billions of dollars in budget shortages next year has been seized upon by attorneys representing the department in its ongoing dispute with homeless veteran plaintiffs in federal court in Los Angeles.

The testimony - made before the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 20 - was attached to a supplemental briefing filed by the government to U.S. District Judge David O. Carter on Friday...

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