It's not addressed in the article, but one of the big factors should be that having the massive living spaces we do now is not sustainable. If we want to curb c

It's not addressed in the article, but one of the big factors should be that having the massive living spaces we do now is not sustainable. If we want to curb climate change to 2 degrees, we need to get our emissions down to 2 tons per person per year by 2050, which means heating and cooling a large living space will need to become financially difficult. I predict we will see increasing demand for tiny and micro houses as legislation and economics catches up to the severity of the problem.