Like babies and puppies, tiny houses are cute — an almost irresistibly imaginative and economical solution to a housing shortage. But tiny houses are too often plagued by rose-coloured imagery: a warm hearth nestled in a sylvan glade. How easy is it to place a tiny house in such a picture, with realities such as employment and grocery shopping conveniently just out of frame?
A sobering article in the New York Times: Where Can You Park a Tiny Home? by Lisa Prevost, explores some of the reasons why NIMBY can be a powerful opponent for many tiny home owners.
