In late 2019 the Envision Community Project, along with the help of Twin Cities Ecovillage Project trustee Dylan Linet, succeeded in passing a law through Minneapolis City Council allowing tiny house villages in the city limits of Minneapolis. This law is the first of its kind to allow dense clusters of small separate housing units in an urban area.
https://tcecovillage.org/news/2020/01/tiny-houses/
http://www.blessthistinyhouse.com/
https://www.tinyfest.events/tickets_mw/
$30 to camp there for the weekend and attend events...
Tiny house village inside old Kmart could shelter 200 people
So this "Old Kmart" is on Lake St. in Minneapolis - I used to pass it all the time.
If they’re able to stick to their budget, it will be less expensive than leasing hotel rooms. Hennepin County is spending about $3 million per month housing nearly 600 homeless people in hotels — most of whom are seniors or have compromised immune systems — in an effort to limit the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak in the shelter system. It is currently considering buying hotels with federal coronavirus relief funding as a long-term investment in addressing homelessness,
If all goes according to plan, Faith Lutheran’s 7.8-acre property will be home to a village of 12 tiny homes — each of which includes a twin bed, a kitchen, composting toilets and more — for formerly homeless veterans in 2021.
WOW - this is awesome. 12 composting toilets - just down the road....
Excellent news Forest Lake MN!!
all must follow state codes that require residential dwellings to have permanent foundations and plumbing, which can drive up construction costs.
Exactly!
By constructing the tiny homes on $5,000 trailers with wheels, the houses qualify under state law as recreational vehicles that provide temporary shelter. The one hitch: under current Minnesota law, RVs are not legal to live in year-round, so Settled plans to lobby state lawmakers to create a new category of legal housing as part of its strategy to make the housing option mainstream across the Twin Cities metro.That's amazing! I've been studying this conundrum for the past year. haha.
Plywood from riots - now being used to build Tiny Houses
The tiny homes live up to their name — only about 100 square feet. But when completed, they are equipped with bathroom facilities, storage drawers, and a sleeping area.
Most importantly, they're a way to stay safe and out of the cold.
https://www.tptoriginals.org/can-tiny-homes-help-to-house-the-homeless/
Skid Row history film - Minneapolis
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