The housing shortage in the UK is now getting worse, and the government is looking for ways to solve the problem.
One suggestion that could solve their problem is by building tiny homes. This became a trend in late 2015 and is carried on to this year.
A lot of states in the US have already been developing this kind of trendy living. Across the nation, a lot of the Americans have enjoyed staying in a small 160-square-foot home without compromising the level of enjoyment and at the same time the tight budget.
Housing developers find these tiny houses a big solution to the space and housing shortage battle. According to some reports, by staying in these tiny houses, it will save the residents from high-priced mortgages, too.
"To be free of the yoke of seemingly endless mortgage and rent payments. To be liberated from drowning in the crass commercialization of stuff," one report said.
Dana LaMarche, a nurse living in a 1,300-square-foot Fox Point colonial, said that her plans on "massive transition" into a tiny house will give her such freedom from mortgages, "Why be tied to a house?"
"A small house puts you in the world more," Tara Kelly, an educational administrator in Ardentown who for the better part of a decade has been planning her $30,000 to $45,000 tiny house.
"It's either the tiny house or the Peace Corps for me," Lisa Harris, a special-ed teacher from Germantown, Maryland, who plans to move out with her five children to a tiny house. But she finds it hard because of all the stuff inside the house. "All of this stuff holds us down to experience life. All we need is ramen and a glass of water," she said.
One thing the British citizens have to consider when deciding to live in a tiny house is their readiness level since they have to adjust from a thousand square feet size home to a 160- to 200-square feet new home. It might be hard at first, but the entire experience is worth it.
Economically, staying in a tiny house is a need and is feasible especially that in the UK where there's housing shortage crisis that is worsening and they need to have a solution to solve it. Deb Delman, tiny home pioneer and co-owner of 'Caravan, the Tiny House Hotel, said "Beyond financial, social and environmental reasons are also a priority for many of homeowners interested in a tiny home."
She also said that in order to reduce the expenses needed to buy a regular size home, why not consider having their own tiny house which allows them to save more. "When you can find a way to dramatically reduce that payment or eliminate it completely, suddenly you have more money to put toward savings and more time to do the things you really care about," she said.
