• Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
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    1 month ago

    In addition, they’ve been made fully illegal without a slab foundation in many places. In Tennessee, they’re referred to as “ready removeable” buildings, and the state hated so much that poor people were actually finding a way to get housing that they passed a bunch of laws making it so everything had to have a slab foundation, which really fucked trailers and trailer parks for a while, too.

    Yeah, they’re not a great solution, but they were a way for poor folks to actually own something. Now they’re so outrageously expensive it’s often cheaper to buy a full sized 2 bed/bath home than it is to live in a shed on a patch of land your buddy owns

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      1 month ago

      That’s absolutely atrocious to hear Tennessee did that. So damn cruel.

      I used to love the idea of tiny homes and the potential of financial freedom they promised. But as you say, any way out found is quickly quashed.