Abstract
The timeline of the tiny-house movement can be traced back to Walden , when Henry D. Thoreau's ode to life in a 150-square-foot cabin near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts was published in 1854 (Nonko, 2017). Jay Shafer jump-started the movement by writing an article on the benefits of limited square footage in 1999 and in that year founded the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company in Sonoma, California—the first U.S. company to sell mobile tiny homes (Nonko, 2017). The United States saw the emergence of tent cities or encampments as foreclosures forced middle-class families from their homes (Burkeman, 2009); thus, the financial crisis of 2007–08 fueled the growth of the tiny-house movement (Wikipedia contributors “Tiny House Movement”). Analysts forecast that from 2018 to 2022, the tiny-home market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.99% (Business Wire, 2018).
Original language | American English |
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Journal | Performance Improvement Journal |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2019 |
EGS Disciplines
- Business