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Homeless Brother, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Aug 13, 2026

Santa Monica is moving full steam ahead with a radical scheme to master-lease entire apartment buildings, motel blocks, and individual units across the city and beyond - then fill them with the homeless. City officials announced this week they are actively hunting landlords willing to hand over vacant properties under a new Master Leasing Program. The city or a nonprofit partner would become the "master tenant," pay the rent, handle security and "supportive services," and...