The opening of the Occupy Madison village of tiny houses for the homeless this weekend is getting noticed.

Some 9,000 readers shared a report from Al Jazeera America about the opening Saturday of what, when complete, will be a cluster of nine tiny houses around a former auto body shop on East Johnson Street.

And a post about the opening of the village on U.S. Uncut’s Facebook page has been shared more than 170,000 times.

Organizers from Occupy Madison have worked with scores of community volunteers and the eventual occupants to construct the tiny houses and renovate the former body shop to include toilet and shower facilities. City officials had required those facilities be up and running before they issued an occupancy permit for the site, which is owned by Occupy Madison.

Four people, including one couple, will move into three finished homes on the site this week, Al Jazeera America reports. The next planned phase includes placement of six more homes along with another bathroom, a community room, a kitchen and laundry facility in the common building.