Small House Movement
In the U.S.: Are Tiny Homes a Solution to the Housing Crisis?
At the International Builders’ Show, exhibitors offered mini prefab houses, kitchens ‘like Swiss Army knives’ and other strategies for dealing with a constrained market.
“Living Small” — exploring the choices some people are making to live as simply, sustainably or compactly as possible, for ethical or aesthetic reasons, or both — we visited the association’s annual trade fair, the International Builders’ Show, to see how builders, manufacturers and architects are responding to this struggle.
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Small Home, Tiny Home?
Tiny homes are having a serious moment — and some are back in stock and on sale for Cyber Monday. Whether you want an instant guest room behind your 'normal' house, a home office that's separate from your living quarters or you need to seriously downsize, tiny homes are where it's at. There are even a bunch of reality shows dedicated to the phenomenon. Well, it turns out that you don't have to hire a special contractor to build your pint-sized abode — you can just pick one up at Amazon. That's right: The mega-retailer is selling tiny home kits, delivering your new dream house right to your door. The structures are on sale starting at just $2,900...
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Tackling the Homeless Crisis in the U.S.
- Big Cities Look to Develop 'Micro-Unit', Small-Sized Apartments
- Los Angeles and California Face a Constellation of Of Affordable Housing Obstacles
“We want the best possible housing for everybody, but let’s stop making the perfect the enemy of the good, or the good enough...
How do we create more micro units or shared units? What about dormitory-style units, where maybe you don’t have your own kitchen but you have a place to eat in the building?” Galperin has also argued that more of the money should be spent on shelter beds and interim housing. “These aren’t perfect approaches, but with so many people dying every day, there has to be a sense of urgency.”
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From Australia
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Step On Up
Rob's Orlando, US, Home / Welcome Video
Tiny Portland Home
Tiny Asian Home
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What would you like to see?
David Mason / Canada: A simple high-ceilinged rectangular design with nice, durable materials that could be "dropped" anywhere and pass most regulations, with good insulation, where one half is a studio style space with big windows and a simple modern kitchen/bathroom and a place for a wood or pellet stove, and the other half is storage that has a large garage door. Price, $20k or so...
Here are a number of model small houses with types of aesthetics that work:
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How About a Small Houseboat Design?
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How About a 'You Build It' Design?
Studiolada uses all wood materials to create this affordable open-source home
Studiolada says almost anyone can build this small home
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A Tiny "Temple Home" on Wheels?
By MandalaEcoHomes.com / YouTube Vid
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A Japanese Small Home?
Build Your Own Woodland Home / $11K
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A "Koda" Small Home?
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WATCH: Tiny House with Incredible Interior Design Built in 40 Days
Alt Living News
Tiny Houses & Sustainability @Google+
Arched Cabins / Texas/New Mexico then the World
Tiny house movement comes to Fresno, California
Looking for a place that's right to call home
Small Houses -- Tiny Homes
Country Living
- http://www.countryliving.com/home-design/g1887/tiny-house/ -- http://www.countryliving.com/small-house-movement/
Getaways
Tiny Houses / Tiny Homes / Tiny Trailers - Models
HGTV looks at alt living, an 'Airstream me' trailer home in Santa Barbara, California -- https://youtu.be/TJ70hAYZFmE
"Well Thought out" - https://youtu.be/3tKUavs9uN8
Going to Orlando, Florida - https://youtu.be/72MKU8MbQxE
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Plans for #TinyHomes #SmallHomes
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Micro Communities
Micro Apartments in 'repurposed shopping malls'
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The Big Tiny: A Built-It-Myself Memoir (Hardcover) - April 22, 2014 by Dee Williams (Author)
Video - https://youtu.be/KSGvBJEoNv8
Dee Williams’s life changed in an instant, with a near-death experience in the aisle of her local grocery store. Diagnosed with a heart condition at age forty-one, she was all too suddenly reminded that life is short, time is precious, and she wanted to be spending hers with the people and things she truly loved. That included the beautiful sprawling house in the Pacific Northwest she had painstakingly restored—but, increasingly, it did not include the mortgage payments, constant repairs, and general time-suck of home ownership. A new sense of clarity began to take hold: Just what was all this stuff for? Multiple extra rooms, a kitchen stocked with rarely used appliances, were things that couldn’t compare with the financial freedom and the ultimate luxury—time—that would come with downsizing.
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House the Homeless, Change a Life
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Build an Orphanage in Kenya
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From Kenya to Norway
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Ecocapsule home
- http://www.offgridquest.com/browse?s=c Off the Grid DIY
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-- Small Homes / Small Houses
-- Tiny Homes / Tiny Houses
-- Micro-homesteading / Micro-shelters
-- Airstream Visions / Mobile Life
-- Find a Beautiful Landsite
-- Surround Yourself with Nature
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