by elainelw | Dec 17, 2014 | building codes, DMV, News
“HUD does not consider RV’s as permanent living quarterssince it exempted RV’s from the building codes. With the small size of RV’s, it is virtually impossible to build a structure that can meet HUD residential building codes, and still be able...
by elainelw | Dec 1, 2014 | building codes, News, Texas
In Oct 2014, the city of Austin, TX resolved to research tiny houses and make a recommendation regarding possible code changes: Council Resolution, Austin, TX, Oct 2014
by elainelw | Nov 5, 2014 | Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, building codes, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, zoning
Here are two sources of online codes: Municodes from the Nation’s leading legal publisher. The American Legal Publishing Company provides a free online library of state and municipal codes for most locations. Click on the map to go to the library and chose your...
by elainelw | Oct 23, 2014 | building codes, Ideas, Suggestions, & Best Practices, Model-zoning, News, Oregon, zoning
Eli Spevak of Orange Splot LLC is proposing this legal path for tiny homes in Portland, Oregon. Proposal. Create a legal path for the occupancy of small accessory structures or homes-on-wheels that meet sanitary and life safety requirements drawn from Portland’s...
by elainelw | Oct 20, 2014 | building codes, News
The new 2015 International Residential Code eliminates the requirement for one room to be at least 120 sq ft – http://sustainablebuildingcodes.blogspot.com/2014/10/tiny-houses-120-square-foot-requirement.html [fusion_builder_container...