Legal tiny house placement remains as one of the most significant challenges within the overall movement. While progress is steadily occurring, there is much work left to do. But how can you help? An upcoming online advocacy training aims to provide the tools you need to make an impact in … Read more
The world’s original tiny house on wheels hotel, the Caravan is stepping in to support the local community yet again. It opened its doors back in 2013 in the vibrant Alberta Arts District of Portland, Oregon. Since then the owners, Deb Delman and Kol Peterson, have had a long history … Read more
California’s tiny home legal acceptance is on a major roll! Following in Santa Clara County’s footsteps, the city of San Jose is expected to approve movable tiny houses as accessory dwelling units within the next couple of weeks. With that, over half a million households in Silicon Valley, could potentially … Read more
California’s tiny house legalization ripple effect is growing! On March 12, 2020, Santa Clara County approved movable tiny houses as accessory dwelling units. This the home of the insanely expensive Silicon Valley. Read the full ordinance here. “The County of Santa Clara has given the Green Light to Movable Tiny … Read more
With both tiny spaces and Valentine’s Day, love is in the air! In this issue, we have several articles showing ways to celebrate this special time with the love of your life. Ideas of how to make it romantic even with little ones in the picture. But don’t just use … Read more
TinyFest Events is back with its second annual TinyFest California. Event organizer, Renee McLaughlin is bringing it to the San Diego metro area, in part inspired by the extensive local tiny house advocacy efforts. With that, the intent of this tiny living festival is to not just inspire and entertain … Read more
If you choose to build a tiny house it can be time-consuming, overwhelming and it expensive. With the right education, it doesn’t have to be. Tiny House Decisions is the place to start. I know if you could move in tomorrow, you would do it in a moment. However, when … Read more
In case you have yet to hear the BIG news, we are honored to share it with you. The second-largest city in the US finally approved movable tiny houses as accessory dwelling units (ADUs). It took years of advocacy, since 2016, and the process went through many starts and stops. … Read more
My friend Ethan Waldman from thetinyhouse.net is constantly creating new and also fun tiny house products. His latest and I can’t wait to get my hands on it is a tiny house coloring book entitled “Color Me Tiny.” Here is Ethans description of the coloring book. Are you fascinated with … Read more
My friend Marco has created the Egloo a small portable candle space heater which I did a review in the past. You can read my review here. They are introducing a new product and I agreed to share it with you. Here is what they have to say about it. … Read more
If you asked most people what they would do if they could drop everything and leave the pains of daily life behind, I venture a good majority would want to grab a sailboat or catamaran and sail the world. I certainly would want to do that myself. While I’m still … Read more
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg wants to spend 30 million to jumpstart the rapid production of tiny homes. He sees tiny housing as an opportunity to quickly and more affordable address dire housing shortages, sky-rocketing costs, and the expansive homeless population. “My hope is that with a little bit of financial … Read more