The VA owns a five-star boutique hotel in Paris, and Congress isn't happy about it

All those of you who expect the government to provide health care for all citizens, not just veterans, and countless other services, and haven't learned just how inept they are by visiting the DMV, here's another object lesson. Let me share another similar story... Once upon a time a private charity created a veterans community in West Los Angeles, complete with housing, stores, theaters. The VA took over the operation and tore down the veterans facilities. They used part of the land to build a veterans hospital. The rest they rented (sound like the hotel in Paris?). The interesting thing is that no one can account for all the rentals that have been collected over the years. (I wonder if anyone can account for the lease payments collected on the Paris Hotel). Yeah, that's the way bureaucrats swing and still there are people who expect them to take over and provide for our every need. Good luck with that.

Is this for real? How is this going on? Where is the money going that the VA gets from the Lease of this Hotel? If it is bring money into the VA, how has it been used? Is the money going into the cost to support veterans. I was able to glean any real information from the article except that the property is currently owned by the VA and the government wants something done about it.

LCDR (Join to see) Since it is owned by the VA, can we get a discount if we stay there? Further it is oxymoronic to use VA and competency (regardless of context) in the same sentence.

“Managing property leases in Europe is not a core-competency of the Department of Veterans Affairs,”