it is fighting a worsening crisis on the american home front. this is a war we re in. we re in a war to combat the affordability in the housing crisis. reporter: they put home building on an assembly line and out the door in two weeks. when combined, they create entire apartment buildings. think sophisticated legos. it starts with a high design process. you re looking at the plans for beacon landing, 89-unit complex to be built south of downtown l.a. insulation and drywall, flooring and fixtures prefabricated here in the factory. i mean, does it all work? i would like to think so. reporter: to look down this line and see what we re doing for the community is mind blowing. reporter: the need also overw overwhelming. in southern california, look past hollywood hills. the tents speak to desperation.
least five community land trusts here in los angeles, with more than 200 nationwide and counting. what s important is we are now owners, her mom says. it was not easy, her dad reminds them. about an hour s job south, we watched as the modular units arrived from the bay area. they were placed on a cement foundation block by block. that beacon landing is quickly coming to life. affordable housing coming summer 2023. it s not only the housing sector trying to help. okay. i m going to wake up. i m going to take a walk down the street and come to work. that s awesome. reporter: the company planning to convert this nearby into employer-assisted housing. but to successfully fight the dire housing crisis nationally, larry believes it will take corporations and government
reporter: keeping up with larry pace is not easy. don t touch it. excuse me, fellas. reporter: he moves through the floor of factory os with a sense of urgency. what are you doing? come on. reporter: located just outside san francisco, this space was first designed to build u.s. navy submarines. this place was built for world the war 2. eight decades later it s transformed to fight a worsening crisis on the american home front. this is a war we re in. we re in a war to combat the affordability and the housing crisis. reporter: they built home building onto an assembly line and out the door within two weeks. these modular unit whence combined make entire apartment buildings. think sophisticated legos. production starts with a high-tech expedited design process. you re looking at the plans for beacon landing, an 89-unit affordable housing complex to be built just south of downtown l.a. insulation and dry wall, flooring and fixtures all
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the sense of urgency. come on. reporter: located just outside san francisco, this space was first designed to build u.s. navy submarines. this space is built for world war ii. reporter: eight decades later it s transformed to fight a worsening crisis on american moment front. this is a war we re in. we re in a war to combat the affordability and the housing prices. reporter: the factory puts home building onto an assembly line and out the door within two weeks. these modular units when combined make apartment buildings. think sophisticated legos. there s a high-tech design process. these are the plans for beacon landing, an 89-unit affordable housing complex to be built south of downtown l.a. insulation and dry wall, flooring and fixtures all prefabricated in the factory. does it all work? we d like to think so. reporter: to look down this