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International Code Council, in collaboration with THIA, have announced a groundbreaking standards development process to create the ICC/THIA Standard 1215 to cover Tiny Houses for Permanent Occupancy, whether on a foundation or on wheels.

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UPDATE: Oakland’s Groundbreaking Tiny House Ordinance Approved!

By THIA Contributor | November 17, 2021

Oakland approves cutting-edge tiny house regulations! WOW!!  The City of Oakland, California is now tiny home friendly. The Mayor and City Council yesterday approved a sweeping set of ordinances that permit movable tiny homes as not only accessory dwelling units (ADUs), but also as units that can be placed on a city lot by itself […]

British Columbia Tiny Homes Report to Aid Regulation Change

By THIA Contributor | June 18, 2021

The BC Housing Research Centre released a long-awaited study on tiny homes. Inside it includes interviews with experts related to the tiny house industry and analyzes opportunities to regulate and support the construction of single tiny houses and villages. It features THIA President Dan Fitzpatrick and THIA Members, including Tiny Healthy Homes Owner/Builder, Ben Garratt. […]

Groundbreaking Regulations: Tiny Houses and RVs Allowed as Housing in Portland

By THIA Contributor | April 29, 2021

Tiny Home Industry Association Members, along with numerous local supporters, played an important advocacy role in support of the City of Portland, Oregon’s new groundbreaking regulations to provide accessible, safe, and low-barrier shelter and housing for more residents. This multi-faceted initiative makes way for movable tiny houses and RVs on private property with exceptionally minimal […]

Extensive Tiny House Ordinance Proposed in Santa Cruz County, CA

By THIA Contributor | January 28, 2021

Fantastic news from Santa Cruz County, California! The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, on a 5-0 vote yesterday, directed staff to bring back ordinances that will legalize movable tiny homes as: ADUs (accessory dwelling units) Single-Family Lots Tiny Home Villages/Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) THIA President Dan Fitzpatrick has been working closely with newly elected […]

Movable Tiny Houses Approved In Great Barrington, MA

By THIA Contributor | September 19, 2020

THIA member Bethany Blackburn, Davis Tiny Homes co-founder, attended the Great Barrington town meeting on Sept 15, 2020 and she gave THIA a report on the newly approved movable tiny house zoning: Tiny House History In The Making! “Wow! Oh wow! I was so thrilled to have witnessed “history in the making” at last night’s […]

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Nevada Tiny Home News

Nevada Tiny Home News Tiny Homes: Recent Housing Trend Coming To Vegas In A Big Way June 12th, 2019 The business of building tiny homes is also booming in southern ...
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Nevada Tiny Home News

Nevada Tiny Home News Geoship is touting the bioceramic geodesic dome as the home of the future—August 7th, 2019 It’s the design of a startup called Geoship, which is using ...
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Washington State Tiny Home News

Washington State Tiny Home News Offering some hope by allowing more tiny homes Feb. 2nd, 2020 So far, the ADU Beauty Pageant I introduced in my last column has produced ...
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Georgia Tiny Home News

Georgia Tiny Home News Tiny house village expands services offered to veterans  Dec. 13th, 2019 SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The tiny house village in Savannah is expanding the services offered ...
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Massachusetts Tiny Home News

Massachusetts Tiny Home News Somerville City Council, Administration Pass City's First Zoning Overhaul In 30 Years Dec. 13th, 2019 Somerville is the first and largest municipality in the Boston metropolitan ...
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Affordable Housing

From Zack Giffin Facebook Page A fascinating thing has been happening. Tiny Homes and Moveable Homes, are finally starting to be included in top level conversations about developing solutions to ...
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Tennessee Tiny Homes News

Tennessee Tiny Homes News Newport home to dozens of new tiny homes Sept. 12th, 2019 It's all happening off a side road in Newport, Tennessee. Now people are moving to ...
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Tiny Houses Make BIG Statement at Innovative Housing Showcase

Written By Alexis Stephens The National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently co-hosted the inaugural Innovative Housing Showcase. During this free 5-day ...
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California Tiny Home News

California Tiny Home News First Prefabricated ADU Installed In Long Beach Feb. 3rd, 2020 Residents ventured out of their homes along Palo Verde Avenue and drivers pulled over to the ...
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North Dakota Tiny Home News

North Dakota Tiny Home News Our view: Tiny homes: Quaint? Yes; Issues? Yes Sept. 18th, 2019 Grand Forks seems to have cornered the market on apartments. When a housing crunch ...
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New Hampshire Tiny Home News

New Hampshire Tiny Home News City considers easing restriction on in-law apartments to create more housing options Feb. 3rd, 2020 MANCHESTER, NH — Aldermen on Tuesday night will consider a ...
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Minneapolis Tiny Home News

Minneapolis Tiny Home News With no building experience and a sea of YouTube how-to videos at their fingertips, the Klaths spent a year and a half building their dream tiny ...
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