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The tiny house movement (also known as the "small house movement") is a description for the architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes. ==Background== In the United States the average size of new single family homes grew from in 1978 to in 2007, and to in 2013, despite a decrease in the size of the average family.〔(What would our homes look like if designed around how we use them? - TreeHugger )〕 Reasons for this include increased material wealth and prestige.〔 The small house movement is a return to houses of less than . Frequently the distinction is made between ''small'' (between and ), and ''tiny'' houses (less than ), with some as small as .〔(Tiny House FAQs - What is a tiny house? )〕 Sarah Susanka has been credited with starting the recent countermovement toward smaller houses when she published ''The Not So Big House'' (1997).〔 Earlier pioneers include Lloyd Kahn, author of ''Shelter'' (1973). Henry David Thoreau, and the publication of his book "Walden" is also quoted as early inspiration.〔(About Tiny Houses - TINY )〕 Tiny houses on wheels were popularized by Jay Shafer who designed and lived in a 96 sq ft house and later went on to offer the first plans for tiny houses on wheels, initially founding Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, and then Four Lights Tiny House Company (September 6, 2012).〔http://www.fourlightshouses.com/〕〔https://www.facebook.com/FourLightsHouses#!/FourLightsHouses/info〕 In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, Marianne Cusato developed Katrina Cottages, that start at as an alternative to FEMA trailers. Though these were created to provide a pleasant solution to a disaster zone, Cusato received wider interest in her design from developers of resorts, for example.〔 With the financial crisis of 2007–08, the small house movement attracted more attention as it offers housing that is more affordable and ecologically friendly. Overall, however, it represents a very small part of real estate transactions. Thus only 1% of home buyers acquire houses of or less. Small houses are also used as accessory dwelling units (or ADUs), to serve as additional on-property housing for aging relatives or returning children, as a home office, or as a guest house.〔 Typical costs are about $20,000 to $50,000 as of 2012.〔 In Oakland, California, Gregory Kloehn builds small houses out of found materials, for an estimated cost of $40.〔()〕〔http://www.homelesshomesproject.org/Media.html〕 Small and tiny houses have received increasing media coverage including a television show, ''Tiny House Nation'', in 2014 and Tiny House Hunters. The possibility of building one's own home has fueled the movement, particularly for tiny houses on wheels. Tiny houses on wheels are often compared to RVs. However, tiny houses are built to last as long as traditional homes, they use traditional building techniques and materials, and they are aesthetically similar to larger homes. Some companies have put into motion plans to create tiny home developments. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tiny house movement」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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