Courtesy of 2016 AIA Housing Awards

• Building 209 is one of the many historic buildings on the US Veterans Affairs Department’s (VA) West Los Angeles healthcare campus
• VA’s vanguard effort to rehabilitate the West Los Angeles campus
• Building 209 is the first permanent supportive housing project on the campus
  • Uses an emergent service model that is successful in creating lasting change while taking stress off the social-service system
• The building has been fully restored and transformed into therapeutic housing for 65 homeless men and women
  • The 3-level structure supports an entirely new functional program of specialized accommodations
  • 55 apartments (45 single, 10 double) provide residents with stable housing and all of the services needed to facilitate their recovery
• Building 209 provides long-term therapeutic housing for individuals whose previous recovery attempts have failed, helping build the skills they need to participate in society, care for themselves, and reach their life goals