A Small Home with a Great Porch
I have always been interested in tiny homes and the unique ways they maximize a small space to provide full functionality. I recently read this story on CNN about a boom in the small home lifestyle and their inclusion in big city life. In today’s green revolution, living in a smaller home can not only be more environmentally friendly, but also a lot more cost friendly.
Small homes aren’t for everybody, but those who embrace the lifestyle tend to become their most enthusiastic boosters. Most of the iReporters who shared their stories of living small with CNN.com also build tiny homes or run businesses dedicated to helping others build their own.
The small home movement has been around for years in small cities and rural areas, but this summer, it made a big incursion into one of the country’s largest and most densely populated urban centers.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in July announced a pilot program to develop a new housing model for the city’s growing small-household population. The program, adAPT NYC, seeks to accommodate the need for smaller apartments for roughly 1.8 million households in New York that consist of one or two people.
So what do you think? Trade in your mortgage for a small home that can move with you?
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