About 20 or more years ago, there was an attempt to build low-cost homes in Highland Park along streets such as Ferris if I remember correctly. The homes were prefabricated and very narrow so they could be delivered by a flatbed trailer. There were sold, I think, on land contract. A few survive and are well maintained but many others are, I believe, abandoned. I think the experiment to provide low-cost housing was a failure but some other know more about that effort.