A new kind of affordable housing for senior citizens is coming to Bridgeport.

"Tiny houses" are being built by a non-profit organization called the Tiny House Initiative.

Those at the Tiny House Initiative say they offer high-quality homes that cost half as much as houses built by a conventional builder.

The idea behind the program is to populate vacant lots in Bridgeport and to create new affordable housing for senior citizens, veterans and people with disability while also creating jobs in the process.