Rise of backyard tiny homes as affordable housing in Clovis, CA
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2024
- Looking for a local solution to the California housing shortage, Clovis city planners bypassed legalizing tiny houses on wheels for what they saw as a solution more attractive to homeowners: providing free fee-waived plans for backyard “cottage” homes.
The three plan options are for homes 400-square-feet or less, and are available to homeowners with access to an alleyway (a prominent feature of Old Town Clovis).
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), AKA “granny flats” or in-law units, are legal in California, but Clovis Planning Director Dwight Kroll says the savings under their Backyard Cottage program are substantial. He estimates 9 to 10 thousand dollars for the plans, plus a few thousand more to have them approved by the building department. On top of this it can cost another $5000 for water and sewage connection fees (plan participants can avoid this by connecting the new units to existing services).
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Bravo to these city planners for actually doing something meaningful and COST EFFECTIVE for it's citizens.
ITS, NOT IT'S!
@@adamatlas1113 why
It apostrophe s, means "it is." It s is possessive. E.g., It's a horse = it is a horse. Cost effective for its citizens. I.e., the town's citizens. However old Adam a bit of a jerk for yelling it out like that. @@gezbit
What is really needed is to reverse all the foolish laws that are causing much of the housing shortage in the first place and driving housing costs far out of reach in CA. "The Answer" is not having front house families and backyard families. The answer is to stop housing from being run by super RE corporations, offshore foreign conglomerates (Chinese), and CA Kooks!
@@jonothandoeser Market forces drive rent prices in a given area. The more demand the higher the price thats the free market. Why should someone who owns and wishes to rent property not be able to set rents at the market rates? Explain that.
The man who is describing the history of Clovis has a very soothing, wonderful voice.
Yes, he does! He could convince me of anything with that hypnotic voice of his.
@@misscleo378 Howard Stern?
He's smoozing her and the people watching. This idea isn't all that good.
Great voice, but that little pony tail....smh...
His voice puts me to sleep! Very monotone.
This is what city planning should be like- responsive to the WHOLE NEEDS of the city/town. Thinking of the impact of the housing available on the sustainability of your town 👏🏾
More tax, Im sure they would be all about it.
Thank YOU!!
How is this helping anyone except the people who already have a house? All they are doing is creating overprices tiny rentals. The tiny home movement is only interesting if it offers a solution to people who cannot afford their own home because of the ridiculously high cost of housing that has skyrocketed in the last two decades. This solution only gives home owners a break so they can make more money off of their property, and creating a tiny rental where people who want to own their own home are living like slaves on the plantation owners property. Idiots!
Housing shortage?
There is no housing shortage if you have the money. The problem is over pricing homes and rent if you are only making 35k almost impossible for person to own a home, pay for insurance and home owners insurance, cable, insurance, California is known for taxing the heck out of everything.
while keeping min and medium wages at change level
CA is not the only state taxing the hell out of people.
No, there is housing shortage...
Population has more than doubled in the last 50 years but housing growth is less than half as much... Many existing home owners oppose new housing development... Many states don't actually own all the land because the federal government does and makes most of that off limits to the general public...
There's a lot more than just simple increase in costs going on!
My solution was just to move out of California to Mexico. Now I can afford to live right on the beach! There are sometimes bad smells to deal with but you get used to it.
@@runvnc208 great idea! I wish I could do that!
Is the crime the same there as in any other city in the U.S.?
The Clovis city council is doing a GREAT JOB! Thanks, Kirsten, for showing us what can be done, when in too many cases all councils are interested in, is telling everybody what can't be done.
But they never mentioned any price ranges
This is one smart community. Good for you Clovis.
Great alternative housing program to address a new low cost market. Good on these city planners
KUDOS Kirsten for making a NO BRAINER solution apparent for so many cities and residents... especially for seniors who need assisted living solutions.
I didn't hear anything about helping seniors in this story.
kay armstrong the main man they were talking to. Built the cottage so that his dad could have a care taker on property. That’s a huge help
@@ittakesavillage5461 Oh, ok!
@Patriot Jefferson Beating up on immigrants is NOT the answer! It's the system that exploits these people for cheap labor while ignoring citizens in need that's the problem. Take your bigoted attitude on out of here!
THIS US GREAT!
Affordable housing!!!
There is no way housing should cost so much, TRULY!
Kudos. This has to be one of the best running documentaries on modern architecture anywhere.
It's just begging for solar panels. What a great idea.
Thanks for sharing this. It is wonderful to see a body of government working intelligently to create solutions to a problem. Actually doing something to affect a solution, that benefits all parties involved. Much more difficult to do than just complaining about the problem on UA-cam.
I've been subscribed to this channel for years mostly because I've been looking for space saving ideas, which this channel has lots of. But I found myself watching and learning something new and interesting. This video is a perfect example. The tour footage and story of old Town was awesome. Keep it up!
i didn't want to like this video & ended up LOVING THIS VIDEO !! IT IS EXCELLENT & thank you for uploading it.
I'll tell you what would fix Cali's affordable housing issue: stopping building houses with the 'starting' price of 600k. Every new development I've seen here in the last 10 yrs starts at outrageous prices. The issue is greed, plain and simple.
Your videos are wonderful though. I enjoy them tremendously.
Thank you!!! They price these cheaply made homes (with master bedrooms too small to hold a queen sized bed and backyards the size of a picnic table) then price them into the stratosphere so that they are not affordable - unless you can come up with a $100,000 down payment and are willing to pay $1600-$1700 a month mortgage. We won't even talk about property taxes on houses at that price...
Millions of illegals dosen't help either
Prices reflect demand, greed is not the issue.
and how would you stop building houses starting at $600K when land lots are $400K and labor is $150K genius?
MsBettyR. Proposition 13 has made it unbelievably expensive to build new housing. The taxes that long term owners don’t pay are charged to new home owners. My sister is building a 1200 sq. ft. house and the permit and other fees are now almost 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS. She didn’t believe me when I told her how high the fees would be, but now she knows.
I applaud Clovis for this awesome idea. Can someone please tell San Diego Mayor Faulkner?
Tell government to f off, and you have freedom. The fact that you need "permission" to do this in the first place is a more direct symptom of the actual problem, which is socialism.
@@trwsandford you missed the point. What I was referring to was the fact the city is offering plans, discounted permits. I don't need permission to build a structure in my backyard unless it needs water and sewer.
@@MarksGoneWicked really? have you tried it? I tried to go from cedar shake on my house in San Dimas CA, to stucco.. and got slapped with a fuckin fine for not having permission. I about came unglued. What point am I missing? That socialism is good? That government is here to help? You missed my point entirely, the fact that you accept that your property isn't yours, really.. and that you need permission from some asshole that you pay the salary of... to do something with it.. it rediculous. People really are mostly sheep aren't they?
@@MarksGoneWicked lol.. you are in San Diego.. right.... you can't replace your windows without permission.
Try it.
@@trwsandford permits are only required for new construction, remodel of power, water or sewer. Permits aren't needed for simply replacing windows. Do your research.
Great to see a local government helping its citizens and revitalizing the community.
Nice job, Clovis! Wonderful innovation. Bakersfield, CA has a lot of alleys just like these ones in Clovis.
I like these cottages. I wanted to do something similar but the FEES ALONE were $38K. So- good on Clovis. But the plan of having 50 MILLION people living in Calif, getting their water/power from hundreds of miles away, it feels like a house of cards.
@Steve Slade - Batteries! Solar power systems are usually not powering anything directly unless it's grid-tied and feeding it to the network.
Most solar power systems send power to the batteries, which then power the inverters that provides AC power to the home. The batteries just charge during the day and just need enough capacity to get through the nights.
While Grid-Tie systems can forgo the batteries and just reduce power needs of the house. Helping to eliminate high cost peak usage hours and countering night time use with day time surplus.
Tiny Houses generally don't require much power. So it's more practical for them to go solar than larger houses.
You can check examples like Fy Nyth's youtube channel for someone who has lived off-grid for over 5 years now in her tiny house and has all her electrical needs met by a solar power system... Another example is Handeeman's channel, for a couple living off-grid in Arizona and has a higher end solar setup that he DIY built...
@@christinaelliott8565 You are correct on all counts. I think the limitation is state county and local GUB MENTS that want tax revenue from property taxes, taxes on water and energy from THE GRID. If half the people are getting water from the SKY and power from THE SUN, the GUB MENTS know their tax revenues will drop drastically. They all just PRETEND to care about environmentally friendly tech and methods for political reasons. But you gotta notice most places you cant legally gather your own rain water for many decades ago it was made illegal
@Steve Slade You have to use candles as a back up at night and on cloudy days.
I live in Clovis and I've loved raising my kids here 😀
Hi,
I think $9-10,000. For a set of plans for a small home is quite outrageous!
This is great and all... until they overcharge for rent.
Exactly! Housing is not a problem it is renting and housing cost! Like wtf 850 for 400 sqft and it is annoying how they think only college students have money problems! Homelessness among families is becoming an epidemic!
Mia Sandoval exactly!
@@miasandoval3418 I guess it depends where you are from. 850$ is a bargain to me.
Exactly. This gives people who already own a home financial support in building a rental on there property. How does that help people who are finding it increasingly difficult to buy their own home with the skyrocket price of real estate in California, or the rest of the country for that matter? Tiny homes could be a solution to help people purchase their own homes, not rentals.
@@el_covfefe you need to be taxed. You need to feel the Bern.
Such a simple solution, but it’s being done so well and with such care that I really think that it’ll be s huge success for the town!
Thank you Kirsten for your excellent coverage of this wonderful program. You have a great channel Kirsten.
Love the idea of the city offering pre-approved laneway home plans that “fit” into a neighbourhood. I considered a secondary build also, but decided not to because 1- my property taxes would go up a lot, 2- the rental income increases my income tax payable, 3- the added expense of more insurance for another structure(higher rates for rentals) 4- I wouldn’t sacrifice my garden space or my off-street parking for financial gain. Being a landlord is not for everyone I guess. Cheers.
no,, not for me either,,,,,, Big time. the whole reason i got a house was so i could have a garden and privacy and (well i live on the east coast),, it's not super crowded like LA.... so it was also important my kids have a good safe place to run and play.
California is one of the worst states to be a Landlord, it is all about renter rights. And they are trying hard to enforce rent control on everything just missed last election.
All great until you have a tenant not pay for months or trash the place. Especially if you only have one unit your depending on income to pay for it.
I was wondering what the tax impact would be.
Property taxes are based on added value. So locally Los Angeles, when we pull a permit you state the cost of the addition, if they are not happy with it they raise it to a minimum per sqft. This value stated on the permit then is added to your property tax valuation. They add it as you progress in construction so a 50% framed house will start paying additional taxes. Los Angles the Inspector verifies SqFt, Orange I believe they send out a county appraiser. So each County or City has its own verification. This has been my limited experience.
Unfortunately it seems the liberals wish to tax us out of our homes to build overpriced homeless shelters. The middle class is being liquidated. It seems California politicians believe that the middle class here can support open borders, free health care, free housing, free education etc.. for the nations and worlds homeless.
This is an excellent idea for folks who live in this kind of neighborhood. It won't work everywhere, because not everyone town has those alleyways. And you need the land.
Sandra Nelson people are building them in their back yard. There are no alleyway.
Good luck!!! They did this in Australia. It starts out ok but quickly turns into overdevelopment with no vegetation, a shortage of parking, noise complaints, privacy concerns, insufficient light and lack of space issues. Then you have to deal with fees for on street parking, increased council fees, building issues, costs to clear rubbish and arguments with higher density living. Open space is a blessing until you lose it!
That is how the poor turn rich areas into poor areas dropping house prices and making the rich leave, then the poor realize that all the rich are gone, the area is already a slum and no jobs and start packing suitcases to follow the rich :)
This is clovis/ Fresno affordable housing is everywhere including the neighboring cities, the problem is finding the safer neighborhoods.
I lived in a few different cottages like this in San Diego. I LOVED the life lived there. Same price as an apartment, but much more privacy and quiet.
What was your sq feet down there? Did you have central Air? And was it $850 a month?
Well made and enjoyable video to watch. I hope this mindset will spread across California.
Brilliant.
Every city should be doing this.
I would put one of these in my back yard if the City Of Dallas would let me.
Thanks for another excellent video.
That is such BS! You own your property and you still have to ask local government permission to put another structure on your property.
CALIFORNIA this is the perfect plan for CALIFORNIA
TINY HOUSES
RAH
CLOVIS
THANK YOU FOR THE GR8T GR8T IDEA
I would love to live in Clovis, Beautiful friendly community. Thank you Clovis for planting the seed for these homeowners this is Awesome. ✅💕💜❤️💚
I wonder if Solar is somehow integrated into the design. Seems like an opportune time to lessen the impact on the climate by getting small homes energy independent no?
They seem to want more people tied to the grid, paying into public utilities.
@Prototribal Nice wink at the end. Seems there is a considerable amount of Brown washing like this going around. You are one of those middle minded people that see that there is no "green solution". If we continue to live the way we do. Like live in a house, type on a computer on the internet, drive a car, like lights on after dark, eat whatever you want whenever you want, etc... You are "damaging the earth" There is a "price" that us humans pay to live the way we do. A solar panel is cleaner, but not CLEAN. Prototribal your such a Troll. ;) Peace my friend.
I think all you need to do is research how solar panels are made and that will help. What do we do with the panels when they are at the end of their life cycle? Additionally panels are not very energy efficient. You need to cover a lot of land to produce enough for our insatiable western demands. Just things to think about.
That being said I prefer solar technology even with it's weaknesses. I appears that Protribal is making a comment how the pro nuclear group of people are pointing out the flaws in "renewables" to promote their preferred method of energy generation. They are all flawed.
@@youmakeitreal If each house could produce its own power that would go a long way not only in reducing energy demand from the grid but by reducing the cost of homeownership. It can get pretty hot out there in Fresno. A house with AC that isn't a burden to the grid is a good thing IMO.
@@ferrjerr Agreed.
As a 'reformed' city planner, I like this idea. Firstly I like the idea of alleys, allows utility lines to be run without the ugly poles on the street (got a lot of stuff up there, electric, phone, and cable lines, all with their boxes and switches) (don't ask about underground except in new developments, the cost is immense, ten times or more). It's also good for underground lines like water & sewer, when they break (and they do break) you are not tearing up a busy street and then repaving it and you don't have manhole covers in a traffic lane. If you want the folks to clean up the alley you need to pave it. I like collecting trash in the alley too, again keeps the slow trucks off the main streets as much as possible.
I am so excited that you are so close the the Underground Gardens!!! I would love to see a video by you about that place. Ever since I visited, I have wanted build an underground house in an arid place. It was mind blowing.
Like the laneway house in Vancouver.
If the owner charges the maximum rent the market will bear, just wondering how the house even though small becomes affordable housing.
It's only affordable for the person charging the rent.
Thank you for sharing the history of Clovis. I am glad to see the old craftsman is still being used today with modern day homes.
Very smart of the city to encourage homeowner with this program. Love it!
AMAZING. I live in Seattle and we could really use this idea, since a lot of people here, are being priced out of the market. Also the designs of these homes are really pleasing to look at. Kirsten, I hope you do an update in a few years. I would love to see how everything pans out.
@@islandbee Yeah right. Los Angeles (a socio-economic toilet) style development is coming to a city near you.
@@islandbee And then they wonder why there's people living on the streets. You can't have it both ways, people!
I'd so put one of this on my lot, it just makes sense to do so. You up your value, rent it out, have income coming in, house someone who needs it. Win/win.
..turn the neighborhood into a slum...
It also possible to downsize, move into the cottage and rent out the house if you wish. The main house is much too large for two of us when the kids and inlaws are gone, would prefer to have a smaller place and travel often.
@@vwr32jeep Why? He stated that design continuity is being maintained, so I assume it is the poor people that will turn it into "a slum" ...because anyone earning below a certain dollar amount is dirty and uncivilized?
Theory of Decadence
You’re right. How ignorant of me. Because the slums are full of rich ppl.
Easy enough to say but two people want to rent one can't afford 1000 a month the other can afford 1500 yup I'm Shure you want the Hassel of the indegent one. If you had a small house for rent.
They call these little houses "Lane houses" in Vancouver.
Love small homes, not tiny homes. I live in a small home and I love it. 1 room wide, 2 rooms long. Open plan kitchen/dinning/lounge area sliding doors overlooking the back, upstairs 2x bedroom and combined shower laundry toilet all in one room.
Used to live in a large home, take almost 4 hours to clean the house. Here, just minutes.
I just finished watching the video a moment ago. I like it. It is a win-win situation, for the property owner and the low income renter for less space to live but not homeless. Congratulations. George Wu, ARCHITECT, A.I.A., NCARB 2019-3-25
Why waste space? Finally, some problem solvers. This is brilliant.
A dream, dedicated people who make practical decisions, limits,and a GREAT plan. Hope to see it again in four or five years.
The problem is, if you put a $40K tiny house in the backyard of a Million Dollar house, the CA State Government will eventually tax the tiny house as if it's a second Million Dollar house!
Yeah, they need to fix that.
Great to see this open-minded view of building a town, much respect for the efforts. This place has an excellent future ahead of it:)
Well it's a start anyway .
It's a start. But a 45 yr old nerds 550 or 600 sq feet. We are NOT COLLEGE students! 40 yr olds are done with dorm life. This city needs to think about the aging population
I live in NJ and we need millions of these
As an Architectural Designer, I think this is a fantastic way for cities to embrace tiny living and help grow their community in a controllable way. Well done City of Clovis!
It's basically a glorified shanty town approach to housing. Take a look at how this has worked out in India and Bangladesh. and your neighborhood will look like a slum.
kansasthunderman1 This town is taking the first steps in the design process needed to control the construction of these tiny homes so that it doesn't look like a slum or gypsy town of non-uniform tiny homes on wheels, make shift temporary structures, etc. and then they are giving away the plans to people who want to build one and discounted rates on permits, etc.
Less restrictions on where you can build and what you can build would solve the housing crisis.
Yeah right. Just build like a cancer cell and pave over every piece of land ------ And there will still be a housing crisis.
@@kansasthunderman1 Then we need to build smarter. No one wants to destroy the land - except for the corporations that want to get rid of regulations so they can pollute with impunity to fatten their bottom line.
It is great that there are communities doing things like this
The city of Seattle is encouraging homeowners to build small guest houses in their backyards to combat the housing shortage. They should take Clovis' lead and offer a free house plans.
It's genius when you discover something that's actually obvious ! Brilliant and quite helpful for those desperate to find a dwelling.
It is nice to see a person care for there city. Awesome ways to have wonderment of living within your means
Great idea, this could be used all over USA!
to answer the video's title: yes. there have been small homes like these here in my city (so. Cal). they were working. but then our stupid city started building countless apartment complexes - that most people already living here can't afford!
These videos are so good as social documentaries. Even outside of the whole tiny house movement thing.
I've found myself watching these videos for years for those exact reasons, before any personal need for self-build ideas.
What an incredible idea and approach to addressing a number of issues!!
Very good idea. Helps owners and renters.
Another great video! I like everything about this concept and more communities need to adopt this program. One question though, these houses seem to be surrounded by concrete and lacking in greenery, is that a requirement? Lack of vegetation kinda takes away from the small town feel and would make the homes hotter in the summers.
I live in Garden Grove California next to Disneyland. They are allowing 800 sq feet house like these. One of my neighbors has done this and this summer I am also going to do this. Great idea. Also we can see the fireworks from Disneyland which is also very special too
Thank you for a great overview of ADU planning policy, that's actually effective! This shows how gentle infill provides real value for all.
not gonna lie, i got sad when he said they took down a century old Pomegranate tree
In Japan people would move the tree
And cemented over all surrounding areas that could have been greened up.
You can keep California. I pay $850 per month for a 3200 square foot home with a 2 car garage on a 1.3 acre lot!
Where?
In the middle of nowhere I’m sure. By the way, I’m sure you don’t have all of the things California has to offer: beach, desert, skiing, mountains, etc...and Hollywood, Disneyland. Knots berry farm, universal studios, sea world, six flags magic mountain, higher education 10 UC campus, 24 CSU universities, 106 community colleges, 67 private universities; great work known cities like San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, professional sport teams Los Angeles Dodgers, Angel, LA Lakers, NFL teams, etc....need I say more.....
@@javierguerra6565 Actually I live in southeast Idaho so I have a lot more ski resorts, Yellowstone National Park, Teton National Park, Sun Valley Idaho and only an hour away from Jackson Hole Wyoming, desert, mountains, rivers, hot springs, several colleges, all of the big national chain stores and restaurants and even better local ones! All of the other stuff you mentioned like Disneyland, six flags, etc... you can keep that over populated and over priced crap! If I wanted to go there it would be for a vacation for like a weekend getaway not to live by it! Kinda funny you say how much stuff California has to offer but a lot of your famous Hollywood elites live in Sun Valley and Jackson Hole, not to mention our state is getting inundated by too many of your California friends moving here to get away from California so ya it's really bad here let me tell ya!
@ent|ty that is just insanely crazy to not only pay that much for so little but having to live life like that!
@ent|ty I hear ya! Ya I can see if you're single and making minimum wage then yes you're not going to be living much of a life let alone a comfortable life. But if you're making a decent amount of money there's no reason that a person shouldn't be able to live comfortably especially if they're not just throwing their money away like s lot of people do today. I'm getting extra licensing and different permits to expand my business and it's all of the extra hoops and licensing fees and regulations that we're having to pay to the government that is literally robbing us of our money! For one of my company trucks it used to coast $100 per year to license it and $140 per month for insurance. Now it's $1670 per year to license it and $1400 per month for insurance and this increase happened pretty much overnight! Where's all of this extra money going?? Because it's sure not going into the roads and infrastructure that they said they needed it for! I know this because I do road construction for a living and there's no more work now than there was then!
This is awesome. Wish Philly would do something like this for the abandoned lots that the builders aren't interested in yet (gentrification). We need more small houses here. Not everyone can afford the upkeep(utilities, mtc etc) of a three story Philadelphia home. Not to mention the tax increases that keep coming. Kudos to this town for coming up with this fantastic idea.
I love these small homes. I like Plan 2 the most.
I love those small cancer cells too and they make very efficient use of limited skin to grow on.
@@kansasthunderman1 So don't live in these houses. Leave them for people who need them and would appreciate them.
Portland Oregon is doing back yard tiny houses.
Sadly not affordable as much as it depends on the street & neighborhood so is all relative.
We can have "accessory dwelling units" in some areas of Madison now, but there are still a lot of regulations like you have to have a sidewalk that goes from the tiny house to the front sidewalk. It also means that you have to find someone with a house and backyard that would be ok with you putting a tiny house there.
Oregon at least passed the Reach Codes, so individual counties have the option now to adopt it and make tiny houses legal on both foundations and on wheels...
More people just need to push their local councils to adopt those changes... and there are builders ready to push more affordable tiny homes once they have places to put them...
While states like California doesn't have much beyond the legal codes for ADU's and thus it's much harder to make any significant changes, especially, with still many home owners fighting any significant changes to the housing codes and work around solutions typically have limited effect on the status quo...
@@renee3461 Madison Wisconsin? Im in Chicago and I wish they would let us do that.
@@trackjosh Yep. I'd have to look into the regulations, but it seemed so complicated that I didn't really want to try it. I bet it has to be fully plumbed, for instance.
Great idea. It’s something that has existed in the city of Long beach for some time, specifically in the Willmore historic district. Many old homes in alleys.
excellent work Clovis
This is already being done in Australia and New Zealand it’s a fantastic option and works well
LAke Worth, Florida could benefit from a program like this.
CA cities are overcrowded, overpopulated. No damn parking!!! Residential neighborhood streets are overrun with cars. As a homeowner, one can no longer park in front of the home they paid over half a million dollars because we are allowing rental units in what should be single family homes. Now there are 7-9 cars per home???? What the hell are people thinking? Traffic is horrendous in some areas. When is enough enough? Gov. Newsom should be hung by his toes for allowing lax building policies and forcing overcrowded cities to build "affordable" housing with no adequate parking and not giving a damn about traffic it is bringing as well.
Wow fantastic proof of concept, come to Chicago now please!
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Yep, when a city decides to drop barriers to building, there will be a boom in building. It is pretty simple.
What a perfectly lovely floorplan! Great job you guys!
Sell houses for the price they sell in Nebraska. $600k for a tiny house is pure greed. It's not necessary to price them so high.
But it's in Clovis California so we have to gouge people on the price....um....no you dont.
Very interesting and inspiring and commendable. A few thoughts: these should all be accessible or adaptable for people with disabilities - easy to do in a build; solar panels; and why not add sleeping or storage lofts, as are done in tiny homes? Is the idea to limit the number of residents?
The town I live in has several streets that started as alleys. The problem is that they are mostly over looked when it comes to maintenance. The home owners have had to take the problem to the city council to get basic repairs done.
So heartening to see people Expediting and implementing common sense ideas to actually help people and better Society.
I absolutely LOVE old town Clovis 😍 Spent some time there last year with the family, so darn cute.
Sounds like a good idea.
To bad about the 100 year old tree, you could have had it moved, but it's expensive.
City Planning Director Dwight Kroll has a charming voice !
I live in one a similar, it’s great we have a great sense of community and street parties. Only issue is parking there are only 6 parking spots as not all residents have onsite parking. There are more than 30 residents on the street. Poor city planning, assumption being close to town means you won’t have a car.
yay Clovis. I lived in Clovis. Cool to see the "dreaded" yuppies ;0) thinking ahead of the monster houses that were first constructed in the 80's. Three cheers.
Just took a look at satellite picture. Of Clovis and region. What have you done? The region looks like one great big parking lot?
Great initiative! Well done community!
Just now saw this video. Love what they are doing here, it makes sense for so many reasons. The only issue for me is that while we can do these cost effective tiny homes for two maybe three people, it does not address the need for housing for families with two or three children, which has been a real issue as well. As I have read many comments suggesting that the issue is how strict the building codes are and how the regulations should be less, but the truth is that those regulations are there for a reason and that reason is often about our health, safety and long term energy usage etc. This is definitely the right direction and I'm glad to see that it seems to be catching on.
This guy gets it that's why Clovis is growing so fast.👍Very smart good job
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It is surreal seeing my town on this channel. I dig it, though. :D
I know how you feel! I'm a property manger in selma and i greatly wish our city was as willing as yours. We own a Commercial/residential mixed use unit and it's been hell to get them to approve anything in there even though it's located in the heart of downtown.
I think its a great idea and would encourage them to portion off a small yard for pets! I have no idea if anything like this exists but if you guys can find something like this/your recent projects that has a focus on pet owners that would be super cool! I'd like to see what solutions planners have come up with for pet owners (Other than simply trying to phase them out completely, lol)
I'm a little surprised you're not building them taller. there's only so much you can do going wide but tiny house is often have loft bedrooms and one of those plans already looked like a two-story anyway so I'm surprised you're not building them up a little bit. Does anyone know if there's a reason? Maybe it's just surrounding space or not wanting to build a second house on your property that blocks too much sun from your own one story house. Very pretty though. I really like the design of the one that looks like a two-story house. I'm also a sucker for rooms above garages and for upstairs patios.
That sucks. Things like this shouldn't be illegal anywhere in the US. People should get to live how they choose, sqft shouldn't matter... American dream and all that. I wish more communities would get on board with allowing tiny living...
What a great idea, all cities should do this.
What interests me is not just the housing but the water issue in California
Theses homes are cute!!....keep up the nice work.
Great Planners, wish We had Some in SOUTH TEXAS!
I live in a town not far from Clovis. I live in the same kind of neighborhood as old town. I should bring this to my city hall
So you live in Fresno.
300 yes!!!! Great works people