Photos: Homeless veterans get downtown housing

Anthony Smith, right, a veteran of the Persian Gulf War, holds onto the key to his new apartment as Rosa Ortiz-Cruz, a compliance administrator for SRO Housing Corp, congratulates him on his new home downtown at the Rosslyn Hotel annex.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Apartment keys sit ready to be claimed by some 75 chronically homeless veterans moving into housing in the restored Rosslyn Hotel annex in downtown L.A.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Anthony Smith makes his way into his new home, a studio apartment on the 12th floor of the Rosslyn Hotel building downtown. “It’s exactly what I need to rehabilitate,” he said.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Anthony Smith, carrying the olive green duffel pack he’s had since his stint as an Army medic in the Gulf War, heads to his new apartment.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

In his studio apartment on the Rosslyn’s 12th floor, Anthony Smith unpacks.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Anthony Smith, an Army medic during the Persian Gulf War, unpacks in his new apartment in the Rosslyn Hotel annex.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

The view from formerly homeless veteran Anthony Smith’s new apartment.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Aaron Clark, a 32-year-old veteran was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after he left the infantry in 2009. He struggled with alcohol and homelessness.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Aaron Clark, a veteran who will move into the Rosslyn soon, plans to return to art school. The new studio is “great for getting back on my feet,” he said.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)