Let's Reminisce: The tiny house movement
By Jerry Lincecum
Special to the Herald Democrat
The pandemic has sent many homebound Americans desiring more space to live in and scurrying to find it. Sales of large homes are booming. So too are tiny ones. These dwellings often are not much bigger than a standard hotel room. They are built mostly in suburban backyards or converted garages on the West Coast, where new laws designed to ease the region’s housing shortage have encouraged their construction.
The tiny-house movement is an architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes. As you would expect, there are different definitions of "tiny.” One prominent Residential Code defines a tiny house as a dwelling unit with a maximum of 400 square feet of floor area, excluding lofts.