I'm much more interested in the 20k housing project by rural studio in Auburn, Alabama. The tiny houses are cool, but I don't want to live in a trailer that doesn't actually have proper utilities. I'll take running water and a proper sewage system over their composting toilets, as well as a proper hookup to electric and cable over getting an extension cord run over to my house and relying on someone else's internet/electricity. Yeah you could go solar for power, but the benefit of being able to hookup to the utility company's line when you need the extra power is pretty substantial. Also I hope if you're living in a tinyhouse you are nowhere near any tornadoes because that's not going to be a very fun experience.

The biggest part i'm worried about is meeting code, as well as the cost of getting a well dug and septic put in with a house. The cost of water/septic will probably be as much as the actual house if I decide to build one. The reason everyone is building the tinyhouses on trailers though is to avoid all of the code violations they would have to deal with if it was a proper house. I would like to buy a big plot of land in Alabama where land is cheap and build one of the 20k houses myself though once I've saved up enough money, and eventually start up a farm to provide myself with food and possibly others who would want the same lifestyle.