by amylturnbull | Dec 18, 2016 | ADUs, advocacy, Advocacy-building-code, Advocacy-zoning, Friendly-codes, News, zoning
Following a court order to remove existing impediments that restrict the creation of affordable housing, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission approved a draft accessory dwelling unit ordinance for Los Angeles on Thursday, December 16, 2016. The draft ordinance...
by elainelw | Oct 14, 2016 | Advocacy-building-code, Advocacy-zoning, Arizona, Regulations, zoning
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by elainelw | Oct 11, 2016 | Friendly, Michigan
Briley Township in northern Michigan has adapted its zoning regulations to be more tiny house friendly. They have defined a new type of dwelling, an economy efficient dwelling. An Economy Efficient Dwelling is a dwelling that is more than 240 sq ft and less than 500...
by elainelw | Oct 9, 2016 | building codes, California, Friendly-codes
A newly signed law will allow San Jose to become the first California city to create tiny homes for the homeless by bypassing the state’s confining building codes. City housing officials and advocates for the homeless call the new legislation a “game-changer” in the...
by amylturnbull | Oct 4, 2016 | advocacy, Advocacy-building-code, building codes, Construction
Yes! You can help make tinys legal! Here’s the information you will need for your advocacy, provided by Andrew Morrison and others, who submitted an appendix at the 2016 ICC Conference to include tinys on foundations in the 2018 IRC codes: click here to find out...
by elainelw | Oct 1, 2016 | building codes, North Carolina
In brief, the regulations require at least one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor space for the first occupant and at least one hundred (100) additional square feet of floor area for each additional occupant. More details are below. Sec. 16-267. – Light;...
