A homeless woman now has a place to call home, thanks to a kind-hearted man who took the initiative and the time to provide her shelter and know her story.

Irene McGee, locally known as Smokie in a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, lost her house when her husband died 10 years ago and has been living on the streets since.

The 60-year-old collected recyclables every day so that she has money to buy food then find a place to spend the night, usually in the dirt as she doesn’t even have a card box to sleep in.

Her fate was about to change when she caught the attention of Elvis Summers who frequently saw her rummaging through their recycle bin.

Summers initially thought that McGee had a decent place to sleep at night or some kind of protection. Unfortunately, he was wrong after finding out her heartbreaking living conditions.

“I started asking more questions about her to see what her story was,” Summers told ABC News. “I learned she didn’t have anything, not even a cardboard box. She was literally sleeping in the dirt and I just wanted to make her a place where she could feel comfortable and at least get a good night’s sleep.”

He then decided to build a tiny house on wheels for McGee with $500 worth of wood and supplies. Luckily, a local company helped him out by donating the siding and roofing.

Thanks to his experience with construction, it only took him 5 days to complete the project.

“She’s a human being, 60 years old, a mother, grandmother, sleeping in the dirt. It’s just not right,” Summers said.

The Los Angeles Police Department sent their approval to this heart-warming project and as long as she moves this 3.5 ft by 8 ft micro home every 72 hours, all is well.

“It felt so good, I was so relaxed, I think I must have slept half the day,” McGee said after her first night in sleeping at her brand new home.

Seeing her reaction inspired Summers to start a GoFundMe initiative to continue and build tiny homes for homeless people. Thanks to the viral exposure of the story being shared in multiple social media and news platforms, this initiative grew to a non-profit organization called Starting Human/The Tiny House.

Sadly, McGee passed away in November 2016. Despite her short stay in her tiny home, she was relieved and content knowing that there are still people who help others without expecting anything in return.

Even for a short time, she had a second chance of having a home sweet home.

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Source: Inside Edition, Shareably, Newsner