They're no more space-efficient than any other tiny apartment. The only practical way of fitting more square footage of housing onto the same sized building plo

They're no more space-efficient than any other tiny apartment. The only practical way of fitting more square footage of housing onto the same sized building plot is to go higher, but zoning/planning laws are a massive impediment to high-rise construction. I'm also deeply uncomfortable with the promotion of "micro living" as something chic. I don't like the idea of legitimising inadequate housing. Tiny houses are barely tolerable for young single people and utterly miserable for families. With a handful of exceptions (Hong Kong, Macao etc) urban areas have no shortage of places to put good-sized homes; What they lack is the political will to allow sufficient construction. Housing is increasingly seen as an investment vehicle rather than a basic human need.