Homeless Veteran Found Shelter at Lake Nona VA, Shocker to VA

Homeless veteran found living in VA Medical Center in Lake Nona
Vet was living in unoccupied part of center
Click Orlando
Author: Amaka Ubaka, Reporter
Published On: Jun 26 2015

ORLANDO, Fla. - Veteran Affairs officials found an apparently unexpected guest at the new VA Medical Center in Lake Nona -- a homeless veteran staying in an unoccupied part of the center. A VA spokesperson said they are now investigating.

The multimillion-dollar facility is opening in phases, with most inpatient services not opening until October. But Local 6 has learned a homeless veteran was found Thursday living in an unoccupied inpatient room.

VA spokesperson Heather Frebe isn't saying how long the homeless veteran had been living there, but a source told Local 6 it may have been up to two weeks. read more here




There is a homeless veterans center at Lake Nona that is supposed to be really great. Hope he got to stay there.

Veteran-inspired Domiciliary opens at Lake Nona
Department Veterans Affairs
By Mike Strickler
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

From the outside the multi-angular building stands resplendent with its oversize windows reflecting blue skies back upon a warm Florida morning. The carefully landscaped facility is tranquil and inviting, and seems apportioned to serve the most distinguished of clientele.

Inside Daniel Cool is hard at work on his resume, typing among a series of computer terminals set within a nouveau coffee shop atmosphere. As he sips and thinks the picture windows behind him open on a sparkling Floridian lake that stretches its wet fingers into wooded thickets beyond. Black bass feed on top water offerings as Cool’s resume takes form, all among a scene best described in James Michener novels.

Yet this place is neither a country club nor beach resort. The new domiciliary, located on the grounds of the Lake Nona-based VA Medical Center, houses Cool and nearly 60 other men and women just like him. They are homeless Veterans who suffer from the effects of their military service, and thanks to the new facility and its dedicated staff, all of that is changing for the better.

“Everything is state of the art here, very modern with great rooms and classrooms,” Cool said, gesturing about the newly built first floor atrium. “It is much more secluded than the Lake Baldwin facility, and has great lakes and wildlife that provide a much more therapeutic environment.”
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