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Phillip Clay.
Mingoya, Catherine Ariel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
2015-09-29T18:10:01Z
2015-09-29T18:10:01Z
2015
2015
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98940
922069071
Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2015.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-87).
Tiny homes, no larger than a parallel parking spot, are an emerging trend in housing for those uninterested, unwilling or unable to participate in traditional housing markets. Five groups across the United States have harnessed this minimalist movement to provide free or extremely low-cost housing for those experiencing homelessness. This thesis is a comparative case study of two such tiny house villages: Dignity Village in Portland, Oregon, founded in 2004 and Occupy Madison Village in Madison, Wisconsin, founded in 2012. This work explores issues related to zoning, NIMBYism, financing, governance, sanitation and building quality and both celebrates the independence and ingenuity of tiny house villages and makes the case for greater municipal regulation of the structures.
by Catherine Mingoya.
M.C.P.
87 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Urban Studies and Planning.
Building together : tiny house villages for the homeless : a comparative case study
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