Not a week goes by without someone prominent somewhere talking about the shortage of affordable housing in Canada. And judging by the housing prices I see, there’s every reason to believe there’s no conventional solution in sight. Perhaps I’m wrong, but I’ve lost faith that any government anywhere can make a positive difference in this situation. After all, what can any government do except throw money they don’t have at the problem, hurling future generations deeper into public debt? How well does that usually work? That’s why I propose a completely different approach, one that combines something that happened across our country more than a century ago, and something I’ve put into practice myself. Let me start with a true story.
The Original Tiny House
Back in the mid-1880s, a family named Taylor hacked their way through dense forest to find Lot 30 Concession 3 in Burpee Township on Manitoulin Island, ON.
