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<\/p>\nFew people take the time to get to know a homeless person and study their background before asking them how they came to be alone on the streets.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, a hero in Los Angeles got to know the homeless woman who slept in the street outside his house and did a nice thing to help.<\/p>\n
Since losing her home ten years ago, she and her husband, Irene \u201cSmokie\u201d McGee, have been residing on the streets of south Los Angeles.
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The 60-year-old spent her nights sleeping on the ground while collecting recycling each day to sell so she could buy meals.<\/p>\n
She spent the majority of her nights camped out in front of an apartment complex, where one resident got to know her and learned her tale.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s a human being, a 60-year-old mother and grandmother sleeping in the dirt; it\u2019s just not right,\u201d said resident Elvis Summers.<\/p>\n
Elvis and Irene became friends, and the young man decided to build Irene a house since he couldn\u2019t tolerate the sight of her sleeping on the streets every night.<\/p>\n
The good-hearted neighbor constructed her a house using $500 worth of wood that he had purchased, siding and roofing donated by a nearby business, and his own construction skills.<\/p>\n
Man On Mission To Build Tiny Houses For Los Angeles Homeless
\n\u201cI just wanted to build something safe enough and secure enough so she\u2019d be warm and comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Irene finally had a roof over her head after five days.<\/p>\n
\u2018Slept half the day\u2019
\n\u201cIt felt so good; I was so relaxed; I think I must have slept half the day,\u201d Irene said of the first night she spent in her new 3.5 ft by 8 ft home.<\/p>\n
Take a look at Elvis building this perfect tiny home in the clip below.
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