Tiny Houses Offer Homeowners Economic Freedom

“Some advocates are refugees from the recent real-estate bust. … In 2011, Miller literally took matters into her own hands, building a 196-square-foot timber home on a trailer in Boise, Idaho. She completed it in 18 months for $11,000 with zero debt, pays $200 a month to rent the land and shares the space with her partner, their baby and a 100-pound Great Dane named Denver.”