http://www.treehugger.com/tiny-houses/cl...ouses.html
EXCERPT: One of the problems with tiny houses is that municipalities don't like them. They don't distinguish them from trailers and don't want Those Kinds of People. They want bigger houses with higher tax assessments. They want enclosed garages. That's why so many places have restrictions specifying minimum floor areas and other measures that keep limit where small and tiny houses can go. Alex of Tiny House Talk comes to the rescue with his plan for a tiny house built around a big garage. It probably wouldn't fly; garages don't usually count in floor area so that people can do doubles and triples and make them as big as they want. But it does demonstrate the idiocy of these rules..... Small Home with a Big Garage (Floor Plan): http://tinyhousetalk.com/small-home-with...loor-plan/
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Why Hasn't The Tiny House Movement Become A Big Thing? A Look At 5 Big Barriers
EXCERPT: One of the problems with tiny houses is that municipalities don't like them. They don't distinguish them from trailers and don't want Those Kinds of People. They want bigger houses with higher tax assessments. They want enclosed garages. That's why so many places have restrictions specifying minimum floor areas and other measures that keep limit where small and tiny houses can go. Alex of Tiny House Talk comes to the rescue with his plan for a tiny house built around a big garage. It probably wouldn't fly; garages don't usually count in floor area so that people can do doubles and triples and make them as big as they want. But it does demonstrate the idiocy of these rules..... Small Home with a Big Garage (Floor Plan): http://tinyhousetalk.com/small-home-with...loor-plan/
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Why Hasn't The Tiny House Movement Become A Big Thing? A Look At 5 Big Barriers