Tiny houses are displayed in Sonoma County, Calif. (Daily Camera photo)
Re: “Are tiny houses really in demand?,” Nov. 10 editorial.
I think your editorial on the demand of tiny houses misses the point. Your comments on the growth in the size of houses relates to the middle and upper classes. In fact, the lower class is even being priced out of smaller houses, where almost any 1,200 square-foot house in the Denver area sells for well over $200,000, and rents are over $1,200. Even these houses are not affordable to someone on a minimum wage.
One of the goals of the Tiny House Project in Denver is to create a small village of approximately 30 tiny homes to highlight the plight of the homeless and lower class, who now face a crisis in finding affordable housing. Also, some young millennials are a part of the tiny-home movement to show that living simply in a small space can actually add to a quality of life. These groups present an opportunity for a more robust discussion of the “roofs that we live under” and who can afford them.
David A. French, Denver
This letter was published in the Nov. 13 edition.
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