Tiny Homes and Pocket Neighborhoods

[Shay Reynolds]

Recently I have become excited with finding affordable options for comfortable and practical living. Tumbleweed Tiny Homes are popular in California. I think Texas is the state with the most opportunity with a growing demographic of single professionals, empty nesters and couples that would be thrilled to not have a high rent by living in a small house sharing community space. I am coming at this as an entrepreneur. I am Intereted in talking with people who understand the vision.

[Jenifer Levini]

@Shay Reynolds

Hi, I'm moving forward to do the same thing in California. I'm developing tiny home villages in the most expensive housing market in the country according to the Wall Street Journal, Santa Cruz, CA.
Dont worry about the nay sayers. That's why visionaries are visionary. Once ordinary people learn more about tiny houses, walk through and experience them, and see the types of communities that develop around a lifestyle where bigger is not better, they'll come around. Adding another type of housing to the housing mix is the only way to solve the housing problem. It wont be solved by doing the same things that created the problem.
In California, zoning rules control the  way each parcel of land is used. Zoning rules are created in each city or county by the local government. There is an overlay of the State government, called Housing & Community Development that also controls occupiable dwellings. You'll need to get familiar or find someone who is familiar with the rules where you want to develop. 

Also, here, the price to develop the community is $3-4million for a village of 100 tiny homes. That includes buying the land, the government application and entitlement process, building the infrastructure (water, sewer, electric, solar...). Do you have the money or investors? If, after researching, you are seriously going to do something, let's connect.