Civil Rights
Sep. 14, 2026
9th Circuit won't reconsider landmark veterans housing ruling
The court left intact a ruling requiring the VA to provide thousands of housing units for disabled homeless veterans in Los Angeles, over dissents warning that the decision stretches disability law and judicial authority.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday refused to reconsider a landmark ruling requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide thousands of housing units for disabled homeless veterans in Los Angeles, drawing sharp dissents that accused the court of stretching disability law and class-action rules beyond their limits.
Mark D. Rosenbaum of Public Counsel, lead counsel for the veterans, called the denial "an historic day for all veterans and for the nation.&quo...
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