As part of a plan to deal with the city’s least fortunate, Oakland is turning to the tiny house movement. Renting an apartment in Oakland, California, now costs roughly 30% more than it did two years ...

The Kiss House is an intriguing new flat-pack design that its British creators say can be put together in as little as three days. But there’s much more to it than that. Created by building design ...

Holland has always had a progressive take on affordable housing, especially where apartments and co-housing are concerned. But a new government program is making it possible for people who make as ...

It seems a truism that tiny houses have a tiny carbon footprint to match their size -- but how big an impact does that actually make? Laura Moreland of shares her surprise about finding that her ...

Economic Times of India – This is a follow up on the Tata Group flat-pack house that costs just $700 and can be built in a week. The Tata group, maker of the $2,500 Nano car, said that the ...

Imagine ordering a custom house for less than $225,000 and getting it delivered like mail. That’s the idea behind BriteSpace, a new offering from San Francisco–based Avava Systems that aims to push ...

A 'ghost city' of half-built flat pack homes has been completely demolished after standing unfinished for more than a year. The Meadow Grange development in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, was due to see 131 ...

Learn how to pick the most environmentally friendly, ready-to-assemble furniture. Before Ikea became a leading source for house fittings, buying any item of furniture meant hauling it home in a truck, ...