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
welcome back to the most news in the morning. 42 minutes past the hour. what we re about to show you is an eye-opening example of the squeeze the recession has put on the middle class. a gm worker faced with a choice, either follow his job south or start all over with two kids and wife and a mortgage. instead of uprooting his entire family, he decided to try to commute from work from outside milwaukee, wisconsin to outside of dallas, texas. carol costello takes us on the grueling ride on this a.m. original . reporter: it s 5:00 p.m. on monday and steve pearl is off to work. wisconsin is his home but it s not where he works. i have a job in texas that pays me good. reporter: you heard right. 12 hours after saying good-bye to his wife and two teenaged kids, steve pearl arrives at the gm assembly plant in arlington,
and that they do have a suspect in custody. we ll have more on the breaking story as we get additional information. thanks to our affiliate for these pictures by the way this morning. it really is an eye-opening example of the squeeze this recession has put on middle class. a gm worker could follow his job south or try to start all over with two kids, wife and mortgage. instead of up rooting his family, he commutes to work. how about this? he commutes from outside milwaukee to outside dallas. carol costello takes us on the grueling ride. reporter: it s 5:00 p.m. on monday and steve pearl is off to work. wisconsin is his home. but it s not where he works. i have a job in texas that pays me good. reporter: you heard right. 12 hours after saying good-bye to his wife and two teenaged kids, steve pearl arrives at the