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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bruce Golding

Trump promised to house 6,000 homeless veterans. He then budgeted zero dollars to help

President Donald Trump has sparked bipartisan congressional outrage after not earmarking any money in his $2.2 trillion budget proposal for a promised Los Angeles facility to house 6,000 homeless veterans.

An executive order issued by Trump last year pledged that construction of a new National Center for Warrior Independence on the campus of the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center would be finished by January 1, 2028. The center is on land that was given in 1888, and among pricey homes. There have long been plans to build more housing at the site, but it has run into legal difficulties over the year.

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