Northampton VA Medical Center
421 North Main Street
Leeds, MA 01053
Phone: (413) 584-4040
http://www.northampton.va.gov/

As part of its Capital Asset Management Service (CAMS) Program, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking to more effectively assess and manage its real property assets.  Many of VA’s medical campuses have underutilized property that may be converted to cash or in-kind services under its Enhanced-Use Lease (EUL) authority, allowing VA to build needed facilities to continue to deliver the highest quality of healthcare.  VA Office of Asset Enterprise Management performed a comprehensive and systematic review of each of is real property assets and the Northampton VA Medical Center (NVAMC) was one of the sites selected for permanent housing to assist homeless Veterans and Veterans at risk for homelessness.

NVAMC provides primary care, mental healthcare, and long term care to the Veteran population of western Massachusetts.  The NVAMC campus is located in Leeds, MA.

VA seeks to select a private developer to lease approximately 13 acres of land on VA campus.  The developer will be responsible for financing, designing, building, operating, and maintaining a permanent housing facility with supportive services.  The facility will provide housing and supportive services to homeless Veterans and Veterans at risk of homelessness.

News and Updates

• In an ongoing effort to eliminate homelessness among Veterans and their families, VA is proceeding with an agreement with a third-party provider to provide 48 permanent units of housing.
• The public hearing is scheduled for April 14, 2011 at 7:00 PM on the Northampton EUL campus.