Detroit news tiny houses. In october funk will join a handful of new residents moving into cass community social services tiny homes detroit community. In a detroit neighborhood still strewn with vacant lots however tiny homes are providing a financial lifeline not just a trendy lifestyle. Tiny homes project in detroit tackles homelessness cass community social services is helping alleviate the housing crisis in the motor city by providing tiny homes to poor and formerly homeless people in the community.
Renters pay a dollar per square foot for homes ranging from 226 to. For the last few years nonprofit cass community social services ccss has been developing the 250 to 400 square foot homes for people who make. Whats known as the jbj soul house at 1553 monterey is one of six tiny homes being prepared for ownership by the cass community social services tiny homes.
Tiny homes detroit is a way for low income individuals to become homeowners. Each home will be on its own lot roughly 30 x 100 feet and everyone will be on a foundation. Tiny homes detroit cass community social services is in the process of building 25 different tiny homes 250 400sf in detroit mi.
Detroit has been battling the issue of inadequate housing solutions for low income families for years now. One of their most recent solutions was found in the cass community where their social services network raised money to build a community of tiny houses. Detroits cluster of tiny houses is expanding.
Faith fowler a feisty 60 year old methodist. Tiny houses have become trendy in recent years as people trade in traditional consumer lifestyles for a simpler option a living space thats no more than 400 square feet. But its tiny like 317 square feet tiny.
Its about changing the lives of the people who will be here the project called cass tiny homes is the first of its kind in detroit and possibly michigan.