This Man Overcame Homelessness by Building His Own Tiny Home…on Hollywood Boulevard!

This LA resident has gone viral after taking matters into his own hands to deal with the housing crisis.

We used to have a different name for the modest dwellings that now get labeled “tiny houses.” For most of history, this was simply a house—a low-cost way for people to put down roots in a place and begin to grow some wealth for themselves and the neighborhood.

Housing, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesOctober 21, 2019Tiny House, housing, Homeownership, Klinkenberg, incremental development, missing middle

Eating Jell-O With Chopsticks

Trying to navigate opaque bureaucracies, just to get permission to build something that used to be legal everywhere, is like eating Jell-O with chopsticks: tedious and unsatisfying. No wonder people find pragmatic work-arounds instead.

Akron’s Homelessness Problem is at a Tipping Point. Will the City Lean in to These Small But Mighty Solutions?

Innovative models from around the country address homelessness by starting with small, inexpensive, and imperfect solutions. What can Akron, Ohio learn from these examples?

Akron, Donatelli, HousingJen Jones DonatelliDecember 4, 2018Homelessness, Tiny House

The Other Affordable Housing Option

In Minnesota, two cities made entirely of trailer homes show us a different model for affordable housing — one that’s been successfully operating for decades.

NielsenConnor NielsenJune 20, 2018Tiny House, affordable housing

Reclaiming "Redneck" Urbanism: What Urban Planners can Learn from Trailer Parks

Trailer parks remain one of the last forms of housing in US cities provided by the market explicitly for low-income residents.

Zoning, Top Story, Housing, Gray, Top EvergreenNolan GrayAugust 12, 2016Tiny House, affordable housing, poverty, page highlight, housing

The Trials of Tiny Homebuilding

Tiny homes are one way to increase housing options and improve affordability, but they also present numerous zoning and regulatory challenges for the entrepreneurial spirits trying to build them.

Zoning, Top Story, Quednau, HousingRachel QuednauJuly 13, 2016Tiny House, affordable housing

Affordable Housing That Might Have Been

My attempts to build a tiny home have been thwarted by a hostile regulatory environment at every turn. So here's what I did instead.

Best of 2015: A Strong Towns Response to Homelessness

Homelessness is an issue that we as Strong Towns advocates should care about. Put simply: your town is not strong if some of your residents lack homes. How can we get there in a practical and lasting manner?

Best of Blog, Top Story, QuednauRachel QuednauDecember 15, 2015homelessness, Homelessness, accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Tiny House

A Strong Towns Response to Homelessness

Your town is not strong if some of your residents lack homes.

Quednau, HousingRachel QuednauJanuary 28, 2015homelessness, affordable housing, Tiny House, tent city, accessory dwelling units

Garage becomes a tiny home

There are some people who see solutions where others see only problems. I love those people. Watch this and visualize the untapped potential in the United States, all the places we've built and aren't making very productive use of.

Strategies, HousingCharles MarohnJanuary 21, 2015Tiny House, Infill Development