{"product_id":"tiny-homes-in-a-big-city","title":"Tiny Homes In a Big City","description":"\u003cp\u003eTiny Homes In a Big City  by Reverend Faith Fowler is the story of Cass Community Social Services  a Detroit based nonprofit that is in the process of building a neighborhood of 25 different Tiny Homes in the northwest part of the city. The homes are being built to allow extremely low-income individuals a way to eventually own their own homes. This is the only rent-then-own tiny home development in the United States. In Detroit  the qualifying residents will have a combination of experiences; formerly homeless people  senior citizens  young adults who have aged out of foster care and a few Cass Community Social Service staff members  all with annual incomes of between $8 000 and $14 000. Like its residents  each tiny home is architecturally unique  no two being built exactly the same. Detroits tiny home residents will initially rent the homes for $1.00 per square foot  per month. With the homes ranging from approximately 250-400 square feet each; no resident will pay more than a third of his\/her income. After seven years of timely rent payments program participation  the individuals will own their homes and property which are expected to be valued between $40 000 and $50 000 each. In Tiny Homes In a Big City  Reverend Fowler  Executive Director of Cass Community Social Services  responds to inquiries from other nonprofits and government officials who seek to replicate the Detroit program. She explains how the decision to build the Tiny Homes was made  provides a comparison with other organizations that have used tiny houses for people experiencing homelessness  explains the philosophy behind their plan and offers the logistics of building the homes - from the ideas infancy through occupation. The book also provides online feedback  positive  negative and questions that were received when a video about the project went viral in the fall of 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985992020021,"sku":"ByrdShop_194201175X","price":28.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781942011750.jpg?v=1770880727","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tiny-homes-in-a-big-city","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}