Why more people want to live in tiny houses
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People I have spoken to who build tiny homes cite a desire for simplicity and a move away from a life focused on spending and buying, writes Alice Elizabeth Watson.
By Alice ELizabeth Watson
Tiny houses have been heralded as a radical and creative way to address a lack of affordable housing, as well as reducing living costs and shrinking our carbon footprint.
My PhD research looks at the tiny house movement in the UK. I am interested in who lives in them and why, and in the barriers that people face to living in this way.
I am also building my own tiny house at the same time. I am excited by the idea that people could build their own houses – it is a lot of fun – and halve their living costs at the end.
Yet my research is also highlighting that for many people, living in a tiny home is an act of necessity. It’s not that they want to live in a 5m x 5m timber box, it’s that they can’t afford to do anything else. And for others, even this is out of reach.
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