The popularity of Tiny Houses is still increasing, and the logical consequence is that commercial interests come into play. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that, but there is a risk that the Tiny House movement will be hindered by it. In my opinion, that is what happens when Tiny Houses are used as […]
Call: more room for citizen initiatives in the housing market
I publish this message on behalf of the Tiny House Netherlands foundation. Over the past few days, we have formulated a letter to the House of Representatives of the States General with a group of leaders of civil society initiatives on the housing market. Below, you can read the message about this letter, which can […]
Tiny Houses and the Building Decree
When you want to live in a Tiny House legally, you will need an environmental permit for building. Even when your house is built elsewhere and is moved to the place where you are going to live in it, the environmental permit is for “the construction of a building”. The 2012 Building Decree is a […]
To court
We have a date for the hearing: on Tuesday April 24th at 9.15 a.m., the request for immediate suspension of the environmental permit for the Tiny House pilot at the Helderseweg 28, issued by the water board Hollands Noorderkwartier, will be treated. It will be a public hearing, so we ask our sympathisers to come […]
Pioneering
I often see reactions on the Facebook page of Tiny House Nederland along the lines of ‘nice Tiny House but you can’t live in them anywhere in the Netherlands’. Or people expect Tiny House Netherlands to make it happen for them. Therefore, I think it’s time to clarify a few things! Ok, so first of […]
The question of registration
People ask me sometimes how I’m going to register at the city council. And I don’t have an answer to that right now, because I don’t even know yet where I’m going to live. If I can’t be registered at the address my house is at, I’ll apply for a correspondence address with the council. […]