To tackle homelessness faster, LA has a kind of real estate agency for the unhoused
![Dan Valdez, housing acquisitions manager for the nonprofit Brilliant Corners, checks out a recently leased property near downtown Los Angeles.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/10/23/brilliantcorners-danvaldez-gwidyatmadja-21_wide-31e15df952d35853fb8d7a8fb3040812eea0931b.jpg?s=600)
A Los Angeles program aggressively scouts vacant units and lobbies landlords in one of the country's tightest real estate markets. Some landlords offer up units even before putting them on the market.
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