to move to the front. reporter: housing authority officials arrived at 8:30, 30 minutes before the doors were supposed to open, and, we attempted to get answers about the process for handing out applications and their plan for the crowds. reporter: any reason why this is the only way they are handing out applications? it s the process we have in place, i cannot tell you anything else. reporter: why weren t you here two days ago when the line was forming. we were here. reporter: did you establish order? over here! patti ann: just for applications. bill: a lot of folks needing help and one woman down there, said they came from tennessee an surrounding states, too, coming up the best real estate in america likely the california coastline, a heated battleground, william lajeunesse is live in venice, california. what is happening there, william. reporter: the streets of venice have become a campground for america s homeless, living in rvs, campers and buses parked on the cur