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News & Updates
I’m sorry, my housing needs rant was wrong!
CMHC released their annual report today reviewing their 2022 housing needs gap for Canada. I was surprised to find I have been reporting on our housing needs and shortage incorrectly. If you've seen any of my previous reports (rants) where I've show calculations of...
Municipal Day at the Tiny Home Show
If you are looking for ways to address your local housing needs, tiny homes can be part of the solution in pocket communities, villages, and as ADUs. 67% of those in housing need fit the tiny home demographic of singles, couples and young families. Tiny homes can...
The No Housing Game
Let's play a game. We start first thing Monday morning with everyone moving out of their home, then set all house prices at $4-million dollars. Only those that can afford a $4-million dollar home can get one. How many people are homeless on Monday night? Tuesday...
Meeting Rural Ontario’s Housing Needs
1.5M homes by 2032 is an ambitious goal however, the alternative is more people living in friends’ spare rooms, their basements, on couches, and floors, or becoming homeless. While major developers are focused on the high-density, big city builds (the places with the...
CRRHHS 2023 Presentation
Today I presented the following video to the Canadian Rural and Remote Housing and Homelessness Symposium. The topic was how tiny homes and tiny home communities can address a portion of the housing needs in rural Ontario. [video width="1920" height="1080"...
Elliot Lake – Concept v1
This is our initial concept for the Elliot Lake development. We are proposing a 96-home development, with a SmartHub community centre, greenhouses, orchards, fruit/vegetable/flower gardens, and lots of community greenspace. While only an early version, we wanted to...
Canadian Rural & Remote Housing & Homelessness Symposium 2023
I am speaking at the CRRHHS 2023 virtual conference! I invite you to join me on June 7th for my presentation titled "Affordable Living in Micro/Tiny/Small Home Communities". You can register now at https://www.crrhh.ca/registration.
Tiny Town Community – Elliot Lake
We are excited to announce that the Elliot Lake Council unanimously voted to explore a micro/tiny/small home community development with the Tiny Town Association. Elliot Lake has become known as a retirement destination because of their community centric, affordable...
Tiny Town community update
We have been connecting with municipalities across the province about developing tiny home communities, emails sent to over 400 and here are the results so far. 81 municipalities have indicated that they are interested in our Pocket Community and Tiny Town affordable...
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