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Yeah, what I have heard is that it’s technically not a “tiny house” if it’s not built on a trailer. Which I’m okay with but I guess it also means there might be

• alistairSH 4y ago
  In the US, there are basically two categories of building codes. Local codes for normal permanent buildings (which differ from town to town). And the federal HUD code for mobile homes (of which tiny homes are a subset - basically just trendy/stylish mobile homes). A mobile home is different from an RV in that an RV is not generally intended for full-time living. It also isn’t meant to be permanently/semi-permanently placed in one location, as mobile homes are. It’s pretty common to have a mobile home placed such that it’s externally indistinguishable from a permanent home of similar size. The interior layout is the tell. Or the fact that it’s located in a trailer park. The “problem” is most local zoning (different from the building code) in urban/suburban bans mobile homes and also bans permanent homes smaller than some arbitrary size. So, without a carve-out for ADUs or some other change in zoning, you can’t actually live in a tiny home, small permanent home, or anything in between. Apart for the rare urban mobile home park, it’s not until you get well outside most metro areas that you can drop a mobile home on your own land without a zoning problem.