The Tiny House Movement Grows Up
According to tinyhomebuilders.com, the tiny house movement is an architectural and social movement that advocates for living simply, in small homes. How tiny is officially “tiny”? General consensus caps the size of tiny homes at 400 square feet. For comparison, the average (mean) square footage for new single-family homes in the U.S. sits at 2,661 square feet, according to fourth quarter 2016 data from the Census Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design and NAHB analysis. There’s also a distinction between small (400-1,000 square feet) and tiny (400 square feet or less) dwellings, according to Tinyhomebuilders.com, a tiny house advocate and producer. Tiny house dwellers make the decision to live in a tiny house for many reasons, but Tinyhomebuilders.com notes that it’s usually one or more of the following: to save money, to simplify their life, and to help the environment and live sustainably. The U.S. average annual expenditure on housing in 2016 …
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