Detroit’s tiny houses give residents a home to rebuild their lives

Would Tiny Houses work in Long Beach? Do our land costs put this out of bounds? According to the Real Estate website Zillow.com, “The median home value in Long Beach is $555,000. Long Beach home values have gone up 6.9% over the past year and Zillow predicts they will rise 1.5% within the next year. The median list price per square foot in Long Beach is $426, which is higher than the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim Metro average of $406.”

Here’s a story from PBS NewsHour on how the city of Detroit is trying to handle its housing issues.

Tiny houses have become trendy in recent years, as people trade in traditional consumer lifestyles for a simpler option — a living space that’s no more than 400 square feet. But in Detroit, these diminutive dwellings have a lofty goal: giving homeless and low-income people a chance at homeownership. Jeffrey Brown reports.

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