Rep. Frederica Wilson breaks ground on veterans affordable housing named after slain South Florida sergeant

Rep. Frederica Wilson and community leaders broke ground Monday on the Sgt. La David T. Johnson Veterans Villas, an affordable housing development honoring the South Florida soldier killed in Niger in 2017. The project has $3 million in federal funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and is intended to provide safe, affordable homes for veterans. Johnson’s wife and son attended the ceremony.