This informative article is focused on tiny house projects that are being built in San Francisco. San Francisco already has micro-apartments but other areas are beginning to start tiny houses communities for people to live at. Since the enthusiasm of the tiny house movement is high nationally, often these communities have to run through legal hurdles while building their home. For an example, tiny houses in Washington DC's Boneyard Studios, is vacant an acts as a showcase for tiny living potential. Because the city's zoning laws prohibits anyone from legally living there. Many tiny houses run into zoning restrictions that essentially outlaw micro-dwellings. Most building codes are adapted from the standard set of regulations ratified by the International Code Council. These codes specify that a main room of 120-square-feet and no habitable room smaller then 70-square-feet. With that being said many owners counter these regulations by mounting their homes on wheels so they are classified as RV's.
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