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80% Recycled material Tiny House! – Woman lives in Tiny home for 3 years built from a salvaged RV

Natural Building Blog Posted on February 2, 2018 by Kelly HartFebruary 2, 2018

Lacey has been living in her tiny house for more than 3 years. Her tiny home was built on the foundation of an old camper that Lacey bought with the intent to refurbish it, however after finding out that there … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged cheap housing, low cost do it yourself tiny house, low cost RV, low cost shelter, low cost tiny house, poverty housing, recycled tiny house | 1 Reply

Tiny house village being built for homeless veterans in Oregon

Natural Building Blog Posted on November 12, 2017 by Kelly HartNovember 12, 2017

“After a successful collaborative effort to set up the Kenton Women’s Village, City Repair is partnering with [other NGOs] to create a sleeping pod village for 15 houseless veterans in Clackamas County for version 3.0 of Partners on Dwelling (POD) … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged homeless housing, poverty housing, tiny home, tiny house, tiny house design, tiny houses for homeless, tiny houses for veterans | 3 Replies

$2,000 DIY Tiny Houses

Natural Building Blog Posted on March 4, 2017 by Kelly HartMarch 4, 2017

I love the great ideas coming out of the tiny house movement, and it’s great to see growing interest in this area. One topic that’s not talked about often enough in my opinion is do-it-yourself, super cheap tiny/small houses made … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged affordable housing, dirt cheap houses, earthbag building, natural building, poverty housing, small house, strawbale houses, sustainable building, tiny houses, ultra low cost houses | 11 Replies

One man’s fight against poverty, by making a mansion out of mud

Natural Building Blog Posted on October 14, 2016 by Kelly HartOctober 14, 2016

“Macford Mwape lives on less than two dollars a day in Zambia’s Copperbelt region. He’s spent the last five years painstakingly making ten thousand mud bricks, to build the house of his dreams. Now he wants to train his neighbours … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged affordable housing, DIY, green building, low cost, mud brick house, mud home, mud house, natural building, poverty housing, sustainable | 1 Reply

Appropriate Technology Sourcebook: Housing and Construction

Natural Building Blog Posted on June 10, 2014 by Kelly HartJune 10, 2014

“It is not so much ‘how to build’ as ‘how to choose techniques and materials appropriate to a given situation.’ ” —letter from a volunteer in Papua New Guinea

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Posted in General | Tagged affordable housing, appropriate housing, housing and construction, housing for the poor, local solutions, low cost housing, natural building, poverty housing, slum, village earth | Leave a reply

Sustainable Building Networks

Natural Building Blog Posted on March 14, 2014 by Kelly HartMarch 14, 2014

Do you have a sustainable building network in your area? If you do, it will make the process of building with alternative materials much easier. These networks pull together all sorts of key information to guide people through the building … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged affordable housing, DIY, housing network, housing research, low cost, natural building, poverty housing, rural housing, Sustainable Building Networks, sustainable housing | 8 Replies

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