A typical tiny house is 500 square feet or smaller, and ranges from cheap houses built from recycled items or can be an expensive custom designed whose prices are anything but tiny. A medium size home today in the U.S. was 2,598 square feet according to the Census Bureau. Today tiny houses are really getting attention as a solution for homelessness because they can be built quickly and for a minimum cost. This houses of course have a big impact on the homeless people who now live in them who were struggling. In fact tiny house projects for homeless have popped up in several U.S. cities. One of them was outside of Austin in a 27-acre community called Community First! that was built for the chronically homeless. Another in St. Cloud Minnesota, where a resident group is planning on building at least one tiny house for a chronically homeless person. Here a local advocate Tina Lamberts noted that there will be several places for the homeless to get meals or stay in shelter. The president of the National Alliance to End Homeless Nan Roman stated that the tiny house movement to stop homelessness is a great idea. Although the real challenge people are going to have is if the housing doesn't meet building codes or is not properly zoned which can put a roadblock on their project.
This informative article has brought to my attention the amount of potential good tiny houses can have on a community. Of course everyone would love to see a city where there is no longer a homeless problem. Everyone can benefit from having their own place. Not only does it keep a person warm and a place to sleep it can also give people motivation in life. To live someone you can call home and not a random alley out in the cold. It has a good chance to get people off their feet and strive for something higher in life. These cost efficient houses make this dream plausible which leads to a bright future for our society. Reading this article I would say this a great step into the future of better lives for everyone. With the solution of homelessness it could possibly lower crime rates too which any city can benefit from.
Marohn, Kirsti. "Tiny Houses Aim to Help Homeless." USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2014.Web. 7 Apr. 2015.
This informative article has brought to my attention the amount of potential good tiny houses can have on a community. Of course everyone would love to see a city where there is no longer a homeless problem. Everyone can benefit from having their own place. Not only does it keep a person warm and a place to sleep it can also give people motivation in life. To live someone you can call home and not a random alley out in the cold. It has a good chance to get people off their feet and strive for something higher in life. These cost efficient houses make this dream plausible which leads to a bright future for our society. Reading this article I would say this a great step into the future of better lives for everyone. With the solution of homelessness it could possibly lower crime rates too which any city can benefit from.
Marohn, Kirsti. "Tiny Houses Aim to Help Homeless." USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2014.Web. 7 Apr. 2015.