New England

How Dominique Kerins of Auburn, MA Convinced Her Town’s Zoning & Building Inspector To Approve Tiny Houses

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Dominique Kerins and her husband wanted to put an accessible tiny house in the yard of their regular-sized home in Auburn, MA for her aging grandmother, so she inquired whether that would be possible at her Town Hall. Fast forward a couple months, and Auburn’s Annual Town Meeting was last night.  Tiny Houses were the

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Under Construction: The Green River Small Home by B&B Quality Construction

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The Green River Small Home Built by B&B Quality Construction, a division of B&B Micro Manufacturing, Inc. Built on-site on a foundation (not on wheels) Small footprint at 16′ x 20′ plus a porch Kitchen, bathroom and living room downstairs Stairs up to sleeping loft B&B Quality Construction builds homes and other buildings on-site with

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Planning Board Meeting Recap: Backyard Cottages in Williamstown, MA?

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Williamstown, MA had its planning board meeting last night, discussing whether to allow backyard cottages and second apartments to homes in certain zones of town. It was a full house, with others who couldn’t get seats standing in the hallway. In the photo, Amy Jeschawitz, Chair of the Planning Board, sits under the town flag,

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How Do We Name Our Tiny Houses?

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Please Support Tiny House Zoning in Great Barrington, MA this Thursday, March 7

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The town of Great Barrington, MA is considering adding Movable Tiny Houses, or Tiny Houses on Wheels, to their zoning regulations, allowable as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). As proposed, movable tiny houses will only be allowed as an ADU which means there has to be a primary dwelling.  A 2/3 majority at town meeting will

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Where Can I Put My Tiny House? A Near-Comprehensive List Of Tiny House Parking Resources

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Where Can I Park My Tiny House? This is a question we get almost every day.  Often, your town won’t have already considered whether to allow tiny houses as year-round residences: it just takes someone to ask. Start out by looking at the zoning laws in your own town.  B&B Tiny Houses are built to

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