DETROIT - A group of tiny houses built for low-income Detroit residents received some national attention this week in a PBS News Hour report that aired on Monday night.

A clip from the report was also posted on PBS' YouTube channel:

Cass Community Social Services created the tiny homes north of the Boston Edison neighborhood to provide affordable housing for low- to moderate-income residents.

The group broke ground in September 2016 on the $1.5-million project to build 25 houses ranging from 250 to 400 square feet on in vacant lots on Elmhurst Street, between Woodrow Wilson Street and the John C. Lodge Service Drive.

Ford Motor Company donated $400,000 toward construction.

Each home includes: an oven, stove, microwave, refrigerator, integrated washer-dryer, a bed and dining table with chairs and a couch.

Residents have the option of using the furniture provided or bringing their own.

The homes vary in style from Colonial, Victorian and Tudor to environmental, and seek to tackle three different issues, affordable housing, neighborhood density and environmental efficiency.

Rev. Faith Fowler, executive director of Cass Community Social Services, said in a PBS interview that the homes will give opportunity to those living below the poverty line and keep them in their neighborhoods.

"We wanted this to be part of a larger neighborhood, rather than being segregated or separate or isolated outside of the neighborhood," Fowler said.

"Often, people are worried about gentrification. I'm not so concerned yet. There hasn't been a new building in this neighborhood since 1974, and it was a garage.

"So you can imagine the excitement of seeing houses go up like a barn-raising here. People are coming to watch and sometimes even offering to volunteer"