Skip to main content

Sonoma County to study tiny homes as way to provide shelter for homeless [PressDeomocrat.com]

dt.common.streams.StreamServer

 

Tiny houses. Some call them a quaint fad, fancied by those without the space demands of a family. Others tout them as the ideal, eco-conscious structure, the symbol of a minimalist movement taking hold among a new generation of American homeowners.

Amid that debate, Sonoma County officials now are looking to the diminutive domiciles to help provide housing for the homeless. The concept has been raised as another way to address the chronic shortage of shelter for the homeless in the county — a shortfall compounded by the area’s torrid housing market, including skyrocketing rents.

“It could be a fast, efficient way of getting people housed,” said Supervisor Shirlee Zane, who is spearheading a county move to study the effort.

Currently featured on a number of reality TV shows, tiny homes are a hot housing option these days for those who already have the comfort of shelter but are looking to simplify their lifestyle and downsize their environmental footprint.

Jay Shafer, a pioneering Sebastopol-based tiny house dweller and designer, has put Sonoma County at the forefront of the trend, announcing plans earlier this year to develop a private village here for miniature homes.

 

[For more of this story, written by Angela Hart, go to http://www.pressdemocrat.com/n...county-to-study-tiny]

Attachments

Images (1)
  • dt.common.streams.StreamServer
Files (1)

Add Comment

Comments (0)

Post
Copyright © 2023, PACEsConnection. All rights reserved.
×
×
×
×
Link copied to your clipboard.
×