Prefab ADUs: A Rising Trend in Affordable Housing and Off-Site Construction Solutions
Factory-built accessory dwelling units use off-site construction methods to provide housing at a time when affordability and a shortage of homes have made housing less attainable for Americans
Tiny Home Community Offers Safe, Affordable Homes With Mental Health Support
Garman Homes is creating a community of affordable housing in collaboration with nonprofit social work agency XDS and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
As Housing Costs Rise, Millennial Buyers Turn to ADUs
Accessory dwelling units offer a compact, affordable, and energy-efficient alternative to traditional single-family housing
Stockton High School Students Build Tiny Homes to Give Back to Their Community
High school students in Stockton, Calif., are constructing tiny homes for local families in need
Seattle Builders Are Constructing Tiny Homes for the Formerly Homeless
A Seattle-based home building initiative is joining forces with volunteers from a local nonprofit to build energy-efficient tiny houses for the homeless
Affordable Housing Tiny Home Community Breaks Ground in Chatham County
Nonprofit XDS joins forces with Garman Homes to provide inclusive housing for veterans and individuals suffering from mental illness and other conditions
The Secret Tiny House Owners Aren't Telling You
Tiny houses are a gold standard in the trend of minimalistic, less wasteful living. But living in a tiny home is not always the green utopia it is…
I Hate My Tiny House
They’ve been lovingly feted as quaint, efficient, and a minimalist’s micro utopia.
The 240-square-foot tiny house in the Bay Area that…
The Rise of Mail-Order Tiny Homes
Amazon has the potential to turn tiny homes into a widely-used housing solution through its one-click, mail-order buying platform, Curbed…
Amazon Offers Prefab Houses With Free Shipping
MarketWatch walks readers through three prefabricated homes that can be ordered online at Amazon.com. The homes profiled range…
Tiny Homes That Are Not So Tiny or Cheap
Tiny houses began as a movement for people looking to rebel against consumerism and return to a simpler way of life. But as the popularity of…
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Micro Living in Denver
A new housing trend is getting big in Denver: tiny living. Buildings made entirely or mostly of apartment units smaller than 500 square feet are…
This Week's Codes and Standards, January 14
Canadian builders talk net zero standard, Florida County's higher code standards after Hurricane Michael, how hazard mitigation in codes protect lives, a tiny house ban reversal in UK, and the release of the first resilience benchmarks for U.S. communities
Trending: Design With Community in Mind
In Austin, Texas, Detroit, Kansas City, Mo., Nashville, and Newfield, N.Y., tiny home villages…
Grant Offers Aide for Combatting Homelessness in LA
Los Angeles is one of nine winners of the Bloomberg Philanthropies' US Mayors Challenge, a $1…
