An encouraging crumb from Detroit

As reported recently in the Detroit News, Cass Community Social Services had acquired $1.5 million from donations and grants to create a neighborhood of up to 25 unique tiny homes. Costing about $45,000 to build, each home is different from all the others. Six homes have been finished so far, and more than 120 people have applied to live in them.

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The first six tenants have been selected from a pool of formerly homeless individuals, low-income seniors and students. (They are not intended for families.) The homes range in size from 200 to 360 square feet. Each has a full kitchen, bathroom and hook-up for washer and dryer. Each house will be rent-to-own, based on square footage. New tenants will receive furniture for their home. Touring the homes recently, Marti Simms of suburban Plymouth likes this new form of low-income housing. "I think it gives you dignity," she said.