I am concerned that the proposed housing project at the Menlo Park VA facility may not give absolute preference to veterans. The proposal simply states "The primary mission of the project, from inception, is to serve Veterans who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness."

Absent a guarantee that veterans will always have priority for this housing the justification for the VA's gifting of the land for the project might be called into question.

Developers and west LA city council are trying to do the same to the VA land in Brentwood west LA.
They are trying to displace veterans to develop the site.
More info can be found on Google.

I have determined that Veterans WILL get absolute priority in this project:

"The VA and developer will comply with the Fair Housing Act and fill Willow Housing with Veterans by creating a marketing plan that generates a full pipeline of Veteran applicants, and selection criteria that prefers Veterans. Also, 35 HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers have already been allocated to the project, which ties 35 Veterans to just as many units."