Keeping Promises to Veterans and Establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence

The order directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to formally designate the West Los Angeles VA campus as the National Center for Warrior Independence, providing housing, healthcare, substance-abuse treatment, and reemployment support to homeless veterans. The Secretary must coordinate with HHS and HUD to redirect funds previously spent on services for illegal aliens toward constructing and maintaining the center, and must work with other municipalities and VA facilities to give homeless veterans outside Los Angeles access to it. HUD is directed to use vouchers to support homeless veterans in connection with this effort. The Secretary must also take accountability actions against employees who engaged in misconduct, including reviewing reinstatements and back-pay awards made to previously fired workers.

The order sets several reporting deadlines: a VA wait-time reduction plan to the President within 60 days; a Manchester VA feasibility study directed within 30 days with a full action plan within 180 days; and a comprehensive National Center action plan within 120 days targeting capacity for 6,000 veterans by January 1, 2028. The order does not itself appropriate funds or change any statute, and expressly conditions implementation on available appropriations.

Homeless veterans nationwide, particularly the roughly 3,000 in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, who could receive housing and services at the new center. VA employees face renewed accountability reviews. Veterans in New Hampshire seeking full-service VA medical care are also directly addressed.

Thousands of homeless veterans in Los Angeles living without stable housing could gain access to federally provided shelter, treatment, and job-reentry support. Veterans in New Hampshire — the only contiguous state without a full-service VA medical center — could see expanded care options if the directed feasibility study leads to action.

The order works through a cascade of agency deliverables. The VA Secretary is the primary actor, reporting to the President through the Domestic Policy Assistant at each milestone. HUD operates in parallel on the voucher program. Accountability is pursued under the existing VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017, so no new enforcement mechanism is created — the order leverages existing statutory authority. The January 1, 2028 capacity target is the end-state goal, but actual housing, construction, and fund redirection depend on the 120-day action plan and subsequent appropriations.