Texana Hollis returned home on Wednesday, seven months after being evicted from her Detroit home, where she had lived for 60 years, according to the Associated Press.

The 101-year-old Detroit native was evicted in September from the house her husband had purchased after World War II after her son failed to pay property taxes linked to a reverse mortgage. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development foreclosed on the house and said she could not return to the house because of its unsanitary and unsafe condition, said the AP.

Hollis said, "It's so wonderful to be home again," as she was given a tour of the renovated space. "The house looks so beautiful and I thank the Lord. God is good," she said, according to the Detroit Free Press.

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The house underwent about $30,000 worth of renovations, sponsored by Detroit Free Press columnist and author Mitch Albom, who bought the house for $100 and had his charity S.A.Y. Detroit give it a makeover.

"Today, a wrong has been righted," he said, according to The Detroit News. "She belongs in this house."

According to the AP, Albom spent much of the money out of his own pocket, and more than 100 volunteers spent months putting up new flooring, drywall, appliances and parts of the roof.

The house was painted in soft shades of blue, green and yellow, according to Hollis' request, and ready just in time for Hollis' 102 birthday which is next month.

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Here is a clip of Hollis' return home, courtesy of the Detroit Free Press: