STEP UP ON WESTERN
We have checked in on the Veteran’s living here. Conditions have gotten worse! There has also been a recent lawsuit on STEP UP that we should all be aware of. You can see it here.
The Veterans here need our help! Demand they fix the GATE and IMPROVE CONDITIONS & SECURITY IMMEDIATELY!
Adriana Ochoa Property supervisor Email: Aochoa@stepup.org
phone: 323 213 0548
Karesa Onsite Property Manager email: Kgeorge@stepup.org
phone: 213 576 9703
What is crazy is STEP UP is also running buildings on the West LA VA, Soldiers’ Home. You can see those testimonials here and also here. These are both interviews are from building 209. In 2015, the VA renovated Building 209 at the Soldiers Home. They used $30,000,000 out of over $500,000,000 Congress gave VA to build housing for homeless Veterans at the Soldiers Home since 2011.
The homeless Veteran tenants VA placed in the building didn’t pay rent, because they couldn’t afford it. VA also provided paying jobs to any tenants physically able to work. In 2017, VA gave the newly renovated, three story, Soldiers Home homeless housing Building 209 to major congressional campaign donors StepUp, Shangri-La, and Vivian Ming Lum. They did this for a monthly lease of $1,650! When that cartel moved in, they evicted all but six of the disabled Veteran tenants back into homelessness. Also, they replaced them with housed Veterans who could get HUD VASH Vouchers and enough disability to pay market-rate rents the cartel began charging. These rents started at $1,598 a month per studio.
The cartel failed to maintain Building 209 amid StepUp receiving over $35,000,000 in Federal Grants. The only noticeable case management services are unlawful evictions of disabled senior citizen Veteran tenants like Bill. This happened after he told the news what’s happening. Now the cartel asks California for $20,000,000 to renovate the renovated Building 209. They declared it “an empty office building”.
Shangri-La construction are also involved and mention in the lawsuit and also with the West LA VA, Soldier’s Home. The INVESTIGATION MUST INCLUDE SOLDIERS’ HOME CORRUPTION.
SAVE THE SOLDIER’S HOME:
Disabled and Homeless Veteran’s Should Be Living On The Soldier’s Home Rent Free!
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