At the Tiny House Jamboree in Colorado Springs, I met Alexis & Christian of Tiny House Expedition. They’ve been traveling for the past several months to make a film called Living Tiny… Legally, which explores how people across the country have worked with their cities to find ways to live legally in their wee homes. They’re now running a Living Tiny… Legally Indigogo campaign to raise funds to complete the project. You can support this film so that tiny house enthusiasts and city officials have great examples of how to make tiny legal. Read on for more info from their website and then jump on over to the Living Tiny… Legally Indigogo campaign to make a contribution.
a kiddo gives the thumbs up for tiny houses at a recent tour at a tiny house community in Orlando, FL
Living Tiny….Legally!
August 7th-9th 2015: The First Tiny House Jamboree in Colorado Springs, CO. Event organizers expected a turnout of 10,000 people. 40,000+ showed up, representing all 50 states.
The biggest takeaway? People want to live tiny, legally! AND there’s a very real desire to live in tiny house communities.
We are Alexis & Christian, the filmmakers & tiny house community advocates behind Tiny House Expedition,
and Kai Rostscheck, mover & shaker behind I Love Tiny Houses, Tiny House Lending & Tiny House Dating…
We are traveling the country to create a documentary series featuring case studies; exciting examples of how a handful of cities from all over the country are making legal tiny house communities a reality…
Our goal is to legitimize conversations about legal Tiny Housing and to provide a proactive, illustrative resource for those seeking to bring tiny houses to their city but don’t know where to start…
We’ll talk with founders and city officials representing these ongoing projects, in both urban and rural settings. We’ll ask city planners about local objections & potential solutions, to zoning issues, safety certifications and more.
These communities are in various stages of development and each represents a unique kind of arrangement, but many of the issues and opportunities are similar.
Ultimately, we’ll determine why each city said “yes” or wants to say yes, to Tiny Housing, if the right conditions can be met, of course.
This documentary will be YOUR FREE resource, to help YOU, the people that want to live tiny, live tiny legally… With YOUR HELP, this documentary can be used as YOUR tool to proactively further meaningful conversations with your local municipal planners and help make legal tiny housing a reality in YOUR community.
Check out the Living Tiny… Legally Indigogo campaign to support this film by making a contribution!
I hope the community near Orlando will be included because I think they found the formula: buy an existing RV park, gradually move in tiny homes on trailers occupied by people willing to become active members of the community, and host events which help you be seen as an asset to the neighborhood. That may make those in charge more willing to rezone for tiny dwellings not on trailers.
Hi Linda,
Yes, Orlando Lakefront will indeed be in the film Living Tiny… Legally! I had so much fun on my visit there: http://thisisthelittlelife.com/2015/12/09/visiting-orlando-lakefront-rv-tiny-house-park/. And I agree with you that converting old RV parks is the best way to create tiny house communities legally - IF they’re done in such a way that people aren’t displaced.
Do you live in a tiny house now? Are you interested in creating tiny house community, too?