Advocating for Multigen Housing

Large family

The typical American dream of a couple with 2.5 children and a dog in a typical American home is fast becoming a fantasy. The real dream is making sure that that typical American home has enough room for aging parents, teens and their growing needs, renters, single mothers or fathers … Read more

Abodu Prefab Units Easing Bay Area ADU Woes

In the land of ultrafast startups, there are bound to be one or more that will relate to the tiny house craze and some may even ease the burden. Ever since the San Francisco Bay Area legislature made accessory dwelling units (ADU) or granny units legal, the permitting process for … Read more

Seattle aPodments

Cash strapped minimum wage workers and students in the Seattle area are seeking and welcoming more affordable housing in their city, but the explosion of the aPodment micro housing units in Seattle is drawing new criticism in this dense metropolitan area. City officials are claiming that these 200 square feet … Read more

AbleNook Modular Dwelling

AbleNook Dwelling

Announcement by Sean Verdecia Our passion project from school, “Able-Nook,” has just gone live on Kickstarter! Kickstarter link: http://kck.st/WvUe4n and our website : www.AbleNook.com I live in a small bungalow and love it, so I based my idea for a new form of disaster relief housing around a Lego version … Read more

River Guide Tiny Houses

This last summer, my husband and I took a three day whitewater rafting trip on the South Fork of the American River in central California. This area of the state has a culture of its own. While the mountains and the coast have the ski and surf bum, the American … Read more