Man builds a mini house for homeless woman who sleeps on his block

Elvis Summers became accustomed to letting the homeless woman on his block, 'Smokie,' go through his recycling.

She would stop by his Los Angeles apartment often and the two would talk. 

Summers - who runs a company that supplies dancers for parties - said he wished he could further help out Smokie, a mother who is 60-years-old and sleeps in a patch of dirt.

That's when he heard of a a man in Oakland who had built miniature houses out of discarded materials - Summers and decided he could do the same for Smokie.

So Summers got to work.

He rearranged some of his finances and started buying the necessary materials.

Summers did not have anywhere to actually construct the home, so just started doing it on the street.

After five days, and about $500, the miniature house was complete.

Smokie, who has been living on the streets for 10 years, was then given the keys.

It's the first time she's had a proper roof over her head in decade. 

The whole process was filmed, with a video uploaded to YouTube quickly going viral.