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Tiny House in Chicago

The winning design of a 2016 conference on tiny homes by Pride Action Tank, held at the University of Illinois at Chicago campus. Chicago is considering developing two or three communities of tiny homes that would include at least a kitchen, a bathroom and outdoor space as an affordable housing option.

Hal Baim

Tiny House in Chicago

The winning design of a 2016 conference on tiny homes by Pride Action Tank, held at the University of Illinois at Chicago campus. Chicago is considering developing two or three communities of tiny homes that would include at least a kitchen, a bathroom and outdoor space as an affordable housing option.

Hal Baim

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Chicago could see its first tiny homes

The winning design of a 2016 conference on tiny homes by Pride Action Tank, held at the University of Illinois at Chicago campus. Chicago is considering developing two or three communities of tiny homes that would include at least a kitchen, a bathroom and outdoor space as an affordable housing option.

Hal Baim
By Char Daston
   

In her budget address last week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced she’s setting aside $3 million for the construction of tiny homes. Tiny homes still need to be legalized, but they would be built in communities on city-owned property.

Reset checks in with an activist who has a plan to use tiny home communities to address homelessness in Chicago. We’ll also hear from a Northern Indiana man who lived in a tiny home for three years.

GUESTS: Brien Cron, founder and president, Chicago Tiny House, Inc.

Jake Markiewicz, tiny home resident, Schererville, Indiana

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