Tiny houses: A small solution to NJ’s big cost of living?
The average size of a home in the U.S. is greater than 2,500 square feet. Imagine living in a home about a fifth of that size.
Tiny Homes
Lakewood’s former Tent City depicted in Photo Exhibit
A Middlesex County woman is hoping to change attitudes on homelessness through a photo exhibit highlighting the former Tent City in Lakewood. Sherry Rubel's exhibit goes on display July 10 at The Monmouth Museum at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft.
Finding Homes for Tiny Houses
As we told you last week, O.C.E.A.N. Inc. is working to build villages of tiny homes to help house the homeless in Ocean County and beyond.
The first step was to build a model tiny home on the campus of Ocean County College. With that complete, President and CEO Ted Gooding is now working to find land where the villages can be built...
Building a Dream in Ocean County
O.C.E.A.N. Inc. is making real progress in efforts to house the homeless in Ocean County and beyond.
OCEAN Inc. Proposes Micro Housing Plan
A shortage of affordable housing in Ocean County for veterans, seniors, and people with special needs has prompted Ocean Community Economic Action Now (Ocean) Inc., to propose building micro houses and renting them to reduce homelessness, according to Ted Gooding, President and CEO of the nonprofit.
Solution Proposed to Increase Affordable Housing in NJ
Zoning and building code regulations would be relaxed to allow New Jersey municipalities to create Tiny Homes, affordable dwellings between 300 and 500 square-feet, under proposed legislation by New Jersey state Senator Raymond D. Lesniak (D).