I would love to live in a tiny house village...but, the zoning laws in my home city (Austin) make it literally impossible.
It is also illegal to be homeless here, with fines for illegal camping costing several hundred dollars. It's sickening to see all the new construction, often with enthusiastic support of much of city council and the mayor, that is targeted at people who can afford $3000/month rents, when there are so many families being pushed out of their neighborhoods.
I've kind of idley been shopping for houses or land in New Orleans and its fascinating how tiny some of the old houses are. There was a time when it was not considered crazy or illegal to construct a two room, 250 square foot, house for one or two people to live in. It don't understand how we've gone so far in the McMansion direction. It's entirely possible to live happily in a tiny space (I did it for four years, living and traveling full-time in a motorhome).
It is also illegal to be homeless here, with fines for illegal camping costing several hundred dollars. It's sickening to see all the new construction, often with enthusiastic support of much of city council and the mayor, that is targeted at people who can afford $3000/month rents, when there are so many families being pushed out of their neighborhoods.
I've kind of idley been shopping for houses or land in New Orleans and its fascinating how tiny some of the old houses are. There was a time when it was not considered crazy or illegal to construct a two room, 250 square foot, house for one or two people to live in. It don't understand how we've gone so far in the McMansion direction. It's entirely possible to live happily in a tiny space (I did it for four years, living and traveling full-time in a motorhome).