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12. This VA property is in Brentwood, where the average home costs $2.8 million.

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 03:45 AM

13 hrs ago

I bet they could rent out those sheds for $2k/month.

What's unforgivable is that extremely valuable property was donated in 1888 to house homeless vets, and despite that legally binding condition on the conveyance of the property to the government, for about the last 100 years it's been used for everything but that, thanks to the rich NIMBY's in the surrounding neighborhoods, and the VA's neglect of veterans.

There should be decent furnished high-rise apartments built for vets on that property that allow them to live like regular human beings, not shed dwellers.

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Veterans stunned by VA plans to build hundreds of 8-by-8ft sheds in California for ex-service members to live in [View all] BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago OP

But GQP Traildogbob 19 hrs ago #1

I lived in a garden shed about that size for almost a year... hunter 19 hrs ago #2

I'll just say this vereran is not stunned.. Permanut 19 hrs ago #3

"Thank you for your service"??????? BarbD 18 hrs ago #4

8' x 8' Bayard 18 hrs ago #5

Four square feet larger than a mandated minimum size prison cell Brother Buzz 2 hrs ago #32

Nothing is too good for the troops AverageOldGuy 18 hrs ago #6

How many of those "sheds" would fit in rumps golden ballroom I wonder. Ziggysmom 17 hrs ago #7

Replacing the phrase... Godot51 16 hrs ago #8

8' X 8' is only 16sq ft. larger than your average prison cell. LudwigPastorius 16 hrs ago #9

Is it just me ... SomewhereInTheMiddle 15 hrs ago #10

Never rains? BidenRocks 15 hrs ago #11

It pours!! BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #13

It was certainly pouring here all day today! SunSeeker 12 hrs ago #14

Be glad that it's not snow/ice/freezing rain BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #16

Hey, there's a reason I'm paying the money it takes to live here. SunSeeker 11 hrs ago #17

Just have to look out BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #18

This VA property is in Brentwood, where the average home costs $2.8 million. SunSeeker 13 hrs ago #12

Screenshot from LA Times FakeNoose 12 hrs ago #15

This property abuts Wilshire Boulevard, a major Los Angeles artery with plenty of public busses stopping there. SunSeeker 11 hrs ago #19

They are meant as temp housing till they can get something better womanofthehills 4 hrs ago #24

this reminds me of the crappy ass "houses' fema build in New Orleans after Katrina Javaman 10 hrs ago #20

Blackstone will try to buy the storage shed market next...they won't rest until they own every rentable property in US. pecosbob 8 hrs ago #21

Where I grew up those were called shacks, or outhouses. twodogsbarking 6 hrs ago #22

All our moneys belong to ICE. travelingthrulife 6 hrs ago #23

I'm of 2 minds about tiny houses. maxsolomon 4 hrs ago #25

"...frankly, it's shocking that a fed agency is doing ANYTHING to address the crisis" LudwigPastorius 3 hrs ago #30

Service members give their everything..sometimes their lives and we should give them everything they need Deuxcents 4 hrs ago #26

Ok, ACTIVE veterans, bluestarone 4 hrs ago #27

I am stunned that there is little if any news about Trump saying that the ally troops Bev54 3 hrs ago #28

"I am stunned that there is little if any news about Trump saying that the ally troops" BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #29

Yes that is my point, this story is about the reaction in the UK where is the reaction in the US? Bev54 2 hrs ago #31

"where is the reaction in the US?" BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #33

8 x 8 is too fucking small Mysterian 1 hr ago #34

Sounds like a small RV size. BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #35

12 x 12 is a small room. Mysterian 1 hr ago #36

Realistically yes BumRushDaShow 22 sec ago #37