Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Good News Everyone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoTech millionaire builds 99-unit tiny house neighborhood for homeless Canadians - rent is kept at 30% of income, the large majority of residents pay a maximum of $200 — including all utilitieswww.goodgoodgood.coexternal-linkmessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down18
arrow-up11.04Karrow-down1external-linkTech millionaire builds 99-unit tiny house neighborhood for homeless Canadians - rent is kept at 30% of income, the large majority of residents pay a maximum of $200 — including all utilitieswww.goodgoodgood.coBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Good News Everyone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square184fedilink
minus-squarePersnickityPenguin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·13 hours agoI would estimate their construction cost is closer to $100k CAD than $40k. Maybe somewhere in the middle. Construction costs can be very high for a tiny home, which is what these are. They are built on a trailer.
minus-squareIMALlama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoThat’s nuts from a construction cost per square foot perspective. In the US at least, you can buy a complete single wide and have it shipped to your location for well under $50k. Building them on site, on footings, seems like it would be even cheaper. I wonder where that cost came from.
I would estimate their construction cost is closer to $100k CAD than $40k. Maybe somewhere in the middle. Construction costs can be very high for a tiny home, which is what these are. They are built on a trailer.
That’s nuts from a construction cost per square foot perspective. In the US at least, you can buy a complete single wide and have it shipped to your location for well under $50k. Building them on site, on footings, seems like it would be even cheaper. I wonder where that cost came from.