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By Mike Heddle
Posted Monday, Mar 21, 2022 10:00 am

Can tiny homes be a solution to Canada's housing shortage?

Tiny houses have become more popular, but there are plenty of challenges to building them

With housing prices continuing to climb and supply plummeting, finding your dream home is getting harder and harder.

So what if, instead of dreaming big, prospective homeowners set their sights on something smaller?

Tiny homes, generally anywhere between 100 and 400 square feet in area, have become a trend in recent years, inspiring no fewer than three HGTV shows.

Backers of the tiny house movement point out their homes have smaller carbon footprints and are a more environmentally sustainable way of life, one that could help combat urban sprawl.

But as to whether they’re a feasible answer to Canada’s housing shortage, Phil Soper, president of Royal LePage in Toronto, says yes — but only “in a modest way.”

Like many creative fixes to complex problems, Soper says only time will tell if tiny homes can be a larger part of the solution...[READ MORE]

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