During the war, they dreamed of home. Now that it was over, many returning veterans found that trying to get a home was a more like a nightmare.
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Housing shortage
Basilone Homes
In June 1946, two months after Rodger Young Village opened near Griffith Park, the Los Angeles City Housing Commission announced the start of another large federal, state and locally-funded veterans’ emergency housing project, Basilone Homes.
