LOS ANGELES — A Duarte-based company called LifeArk is taking a unique approach to building affordable housing for homeless people across California — by using plastic as the main material in its pre-fabricated, modular-building system.

Spectrum News got an inside look at the first 19-unit permanent supportive housing community in El Monte built by LifeArk as well as their future projects, including a 30-bed housing project set to open in 2024 in Los Angeles City Council District 5.