A Video Tour of Detroit's Newest Tiny Homes

Text and Video by Michael Lucido

A program started by Cass Community Social Services is erecting 25 mini-houses, each with just 250 to 400 square feet of living space. They're rented to tenants who make as little as $9,000 a year or $750 a month. 

After seven years, residents "earn" ownership. Renters include formerly homeless people, college students and the elderly. They pay $1 per square foot, or $250 to $400 monthly for everything except electricity.

So far, 13 are built.

We recently went on a tour to see six newest homes. The houses are on two vacant blocks on Woodrow and Elmhurst, just north of the Cass Community campus,

DeadLine Detroit presents Cass Community Services Tiny Homes project by Michael Lucido on Vimeo.