Tiny House Projects in New England
Introducing Redwing Cottage
Feature 1
Redwing Cottage is the culmination of years of preparation and will highlight the steps in the planning and building of a movable ADU in Dalton, Massachusetts.
After running the numbers, building a conventional ADU is beyond my reach (and probably beyond the reach of many). At nearly $500 per square foot, building an ADU remains the privilege of home owners who have access to equity (folks who bought years ago and had their properties appraise significantly.) But even some of those folks may not have enough equity when the cost to build an ADU can be $250,000 or more.
Therefore, I am advocating to bring movable tiny houses as ADUs to Dalton, Massachusetts. This one-year effort continues to be challenging in the face of NIMBY opposition despite clear goals in the Master Plan to develop a variety of housing and to consider infill and a model bylaw.
Movable Tiny House ADU Host Incentive Program, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Feature 2
Movable Tiny House ADU Host Incentive Program is an advocacy eff.ort, in collaboration with The American Tiny House Association, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. This program will be adapted to create a funding source to incentivize accessory dwelling units, including tiny house pads to host movable tiny house owners (no land). Update: the ATHA proposal, which incentivized hosted ADUs, was passed over for a program that is structured toward property owners. It does not include a provision to host movable tiny houses.
