Tiny homes are cool, but right now, they’re caught in code limbo.

I recently attended the Tiny House Jamboree in Austin, Texas, where I spoke on the topic of conforming tiny homes to site-built IRC codes while retaining the light weight that guarantees their mobility. My construction effort proved to be a daunting challenge. I managed to knock about half the weight off a typical 12,000-plus-pound tiny home. But it’s hard to get much lower. It’s also not the direction the new Tiny Home Industry Association (THIA) is moving.