When Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe, who is part of the dream team representing homeless veterans in their lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs, appeared on Charlie Rose last year, he confidently predicted the plaintiffs would prevail. Referring to the VA’s failure to provide housing to homeless veterans, and its mysterious rental agreements with corporate leaseholders at its sprawling campus in Los Angeles, Tribe told Rose: “They’re not going to be able to keep this under the rug much longer.” The first legal hurdle was cleared on March 16 when the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied the VA’s motion to dismiss, and ruled that the Department of Veterans Affairs has an enforceable legal obligation to ensure that homeless individuals with severe mental disabilities can meaningfully access mental health and other services. Click here to read the decision, and here to watch the interview with Tribe.
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