Learn best practices for working with your local officials to help get Tiny Homes legalized in your city or county. Leading national advocate, Dan Fitzpatrick will be conducting a two-part webinar on How to Work with your Local Government Officials on making changes to land use ordinances and building codes to be tiny home friendly. By…

4/14/20: San Jose Legalizes Movable Tiny Houses California’s tiny home legal acceptance is on a major roll! photo credit: https://www.californiatinyhouse.com/ Following in Santa Clara County’s footsteps, the city of San Jose is expected to approve movable tiny houses as accessory dwelling units within the next couple of weeks. With that, over half a million households…

Update: Bill Moves to Final Step of Approval Process “LD 1981 a bill to allow for Titling and Movement of Tiny Houses in Maine passes the Maine Senate & House. Now goes to Governor for signature. ACTION IF YOU LIVE IN MAINE: please call the Governor of Maine Janet Mills (207) 287-3531 and ask that…

The 8th Largest City in the US Moves Closer to Allowing Movable Tiny Houses On October 10th, the Land Use and Housing Council Committee voted unanimously to direct City Attorney to draft an amendment to San Diego’s municipal code that would allow movable tiny houses as ADU’s, aka accessory dwelling units. Update from lead advocate,…

City of Palm Bay Florida Expected to Pass Provisions for Tiny Homes in Planned Unit Developments & as ADUs Importantly, the proposed easing of restrictions to allow for tiny home construction is directing at those on fixed foundation only, as of now. The effort to get far has been long fought. It’s an effort to…

1/22/20 Update: City of Boulder Approved Appendix Q As expected the Boulder City Council voted to approve the IRC Appendix Q for tiny houses. While it primarily applies to homes, 400 square feet and less, built on a foundation, there’s an exciting opening for movable tiny houses. For more details, visit the Tiny Home Industry…

State to Study Tiny Houses Local advocates Developer Joseph Mendola is the leading advocate behind House Bill 312 that would require communities across NH to allow movable tiny homes in any residentially zoned area. It would be the first state to allow THOWs by right, as a permitted use. Per the Concord Monitor, the bill…

Attend the first Tiny House Statewide Zoning Bill Stakeholders meeting, 12/20 Nonprofit, Build Us Hope is hosting an advocacy meeting about the proposed Statewide Bill. Learn how you can play a role in creating unified zoning codes and building regulation for tiny home living across the state. Proposed Bill Goals: Clarify rules for tiny homes.…

12/12/19 Update: Movables Tiny Houses as ADUs in LA NOW Legal! After years of advocacy and many starts and stops, victory has been achieved. The second-largest city in the US finally approved movable tiny houses as ADUs. The positive ripple effect caused by this historic success story will be huge, locally, and across the nation.…

Asheville City Council Meets 11/26 at 5 pm: Attend to Voice Your Support for Tiny Houses Asheville City Council is considering a zoning change to allow movable tiny houses in the Highway Business zone. Support within the city government is quite limited. As many local residents and advocates that show up to the next meeting…