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# VIDEO: CNN Profiles Detroit's Tiny Houses And The Second Chance They Can Give
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/video-cnn-profiles-detroits-tiny-houses-second-chance-can-give/
- Published: 2017-08-27T19:35:11.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-27T19:50:00.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: Cass Community Social Services, Tiny Homes, #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #daily-detroit-staff

A development that has caught national attention like few others has been the tiny houses created by Cass Community Social Services.

We have **[written them up before here](http://www.dailydetroit.com/2016/09/08/detroit-tiny-house-photos-cass/)** when they were first announced as well as **[were the first to spot the additional construction](http://www.dailydetroit.com/2017/05/08/six-tiny-homes-appear-detroits-dexter-linwood-neighborhood/)** of what seems to be a popular program.

The idea is that the small homes that rent for about $1 a square foot per month provide an option for independence and eventually home ownership in a city where rising rents are becoming a real thing.

“I had wound up going to prison, so it’s kinda hard when you come out for someone to give you a second chance of getting an apartment or a house of your own, and that’s what Cass does,” said a man identified as Keith, a resident of the homes, in the video.