Это видео недоступно.
Сожалеем об этом.
Her Illegal Tiny House on her own Land! Civil Disobedience as Advocacy
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2024
- Thx to our sponsor! Get exclusive access to NordPass’ best offer: nordpass.com/tiny OR use code TINY at the checkout to get extra month for FREE. ✨ Meet Robyn, a new housing advocate living in a container tiny house on wheels on her own land. Because it's currently illegal, she has no access to city utilities, so she's living off-grid. She shares a tour & her unexpected advocacy journey.
🏡👉Watch more videos about Living Tiny Legally & the obstacles:
👉Follow Robyn's tiny house advocacy: / robyn_mari
Please SUBSCRIBE for more tiny houses, DIY, small space design, community, simple living & alternative lifestyle videos, and documentaries. 🏡✨
✨👉CONNECT with Tiny House Expedition's tiny nerds, Alexis & Christian:
/ tiny_house_expedition
/ tinyhouseexpedition
tinyhouseexped...
✨MORE Resources on our website: tinyhouseexped...
CREDITS:
❇️ produced & edited by Tiny House Expedition's Christian & Alexis
❇️ shot by Blake Hemmel, / blakehemmel
❇️ extra photos from the owner, / robyn_mari
Video Chapters:
0:00 - her container home on wheels
1:12 - illegal tiny house parking
1:51 - transparent civil disobedience
3:44 - off grid tiny house tour
9:25 - tiny house advocacy journey
12:41 - sponsor message
13:44 - tour cont'd
15:20 - land & tiny house cost
16:20 - trying to live within your means
17:02 - what keeps her going
17:53 - living tiny legally struggles
19:08 - hello from Christian & Alexis
#tinyhouseonwheels #containerhome #civildisobedience
Thx to our sponsor! Get exclusive access to NordPass’ best offer: nordpass.com/tiny OR use code TINY at the checkout to get extra month for FREE. ✨Robyn is a young professional living off-grid in a container tiny house on wheels on her own land. She shares a tour + insights into her unexpected journey of civil disobedience & grassroots advocacy--trying to live within her means.👉 *Watch more videos about Living Tiny Legally, obstacles to solutions:* ruclips.net/p/PLlvBXhDyr9H3vVYh9UlqAuLQQ_rR8-Hph
Thank you for sharing her story
That girl should be the next president just saying🇨🇦
You know why most greedy filthy rich elites don't whant People alive is the problem. what else could it be and how many more years do Corrupt Americans have to die or be like animals out in the weather? Animals built for Weather and not Humans. Humans Survive with Shelter but the Wealth of and other corrupted people are keeping these poor souls left to die an earlyer Doomb. We should stop this Madness But the Good Loving Spirit God does not respond? Who supports a Man made Book of torture to Humans who had or has absolutely no power if little to change any thing needed in order to doo better . This is total unfathomalble with out sense and logical understanding. all Christians do it and brag about Sin they never had proof of in the homeless but brag any way Selfish man made in the Comfort of there home. Christians Pray and it never in my understanding of watching change any thing but only for the worse. sorry Complaintsdo they help NO Evidently ? but truth is important some times. THANK YOU FOR TRYING REACHING OUT BE Brave but stay Safe if possible. Yet this place and building might be a little heavy traveling in certain areas . Also authorized personal will not except a million homeless people driving 1000s of these to there new locations where ever that might be? more likeley will not be happening. We are a corrupt selfish greedy Country falling completely Below the caring of all other Reasonable Country's. And yet we have 300 Different Denominated Church Practives that don't Feed a FN Bull Dog? lol Sorry but Truth Prevails and Faith brings Death and what ever after is Cruel when it calls out in a Slavory Supported Book Of Hell and Heaven Mixed to Manipulate idiots to Believe in it. We do search a honest true non manipulative loving like Parent to child Creator Though and search till Science Trys to Prove Other Wise and my Ignorance of Science i can't let haount Me. How is your support working or i it just for really you tube revenues of any possiblility.
Hey I just read an article that came up in my phone about you and the hassle you go thru with the city... however it didn't explain. Much but just In case you didn't know, just put skirting around your home to cover the trailer tires and that way in case you decide to move or not deal with the city, all you have to do is move the skirting and go. Us country folks live in actual mobile home trailers on land in BFE😊. When .oat folks bought the land in the 70s, they just put a trailer on it till they could build a house, so after a couple decades of finally being able to do so, the county told them they couldn't so we get creative. They got building permits to add on to their trailer amd used their trailer to build around their house of course it kinda sucks its basically the same length and width but it's legal and when they got it mostly done, you just pull it right on out and finish building it amd then in a few more yrs you get another building permit to add on to that😂. No one should be told what to do on your own property yu pay taxes on. It's BS...
I am so proud of you for sticking to your guns....keep fighting for your needs and others needs...consider yourself a pioneer!!!
You just do You, things will work out, you have the backing of your neighbors.
@@julialibor9341 That is so true, Julia
Agreed!
That is how new laws get passed someone had the guts to keep pressing at it!!
@@rowingtothedream Amen, Ina...we need more strong, brave Americans....
I love your comment about being "allowed to live within our means". A no truer statement has ever been said!
Not everyone can afford a traditional home. We are struggling as a whole. Our system needs to be flexible as many people are having to go tiny and for safety trying to avoid the crime in the cities etc. They need to be realistic in their understanding that everyone has different levels of financial ability. Love and let live.
Generally, I agree with what she is about. I am not sure what she means by being allowed to live within our means. I can't go to Walmart and buy the biggie and best TV they sell on my terms. I may want the TV but I can't affored the TV. OTOH, even if she could get water access, it would cost over $10K just to get the access and I'm sure that doesn't cover monthly water bills. People do things without knowing what is ahead of them and then bitch and moan when they are unable to meet the challenges. You say it is her land but at some point she had to buy it. Perhaps a little research should have been in order. Her tiny home is in reality a mobile home/trailer. No matter what you call it, some neighborhoods don't allowe mobile homes. Considering that she is mobile, perhaps she should sell that property, a city lot worth a fair amount, and buy a property where she could have a trailer. I am in favor of her getting her property re-zoned. I DO hope the best for her but I hope others learn from her missteps.
Yea sure but just don’t ask city government to bend its back for you to live within your means…her means clearly is her situation now, and she should be happy with that, they aren’t coming after her
In my opinion, the reason we have all these hurdles and expenses associated with housing is so they can force you to participate in the big economic machine. Kudos to you for doing your part to help change this. As the homeless population continues to explode they will be forced to entertain alternative housing options and do away with these ridiculous zoning and code laws. I am pretty certain that more people die from exposure than from lack of adherence to these laws. I'm not saying we shouldn't have building codes or or zoning laws but most of them don't really have to do with people's safety.
Well said!
Maybe I can suggest then that most building “codes” (aka restrictions) and “zone laws” meaning at least 95 % of them must be removed! .. as they’re (as you’ve said) only there to drive extra payments and expenses for an otherwise obsolete and insane bureaucracy only making laws for the maintainers of them to drive people nuts and weaken healthy free expressions of actual living. Rather bonuses of good will could be granted to those who do things non-toxic and biocompatible for and with the natural environment.. if any.
Remember that most big tech and housing blocks build on industrial scales today are toxic for the natural environment. So the laws and codes does not help in that regard at all… quite the opposite as those also remove the individual to make op own and more eco friendly and affordable solutions. And with more free time and less struggle in life.. suddenly the individual also got ekstra time to meditate a bit and make better and more self sustainable solutions. Governments are only there as false insurance and “security” and in its core always been for mass mind control and oppression. Genetically speaking all mammals are genetically and intuitively capable of living at least a few years in the wild alone… and like how many percentages of the so called “civilized” “citizens” are capable of that nowadays ?
Don’t forget neither that there are no real “control” groups in double blinded “science” (aka Zions) trails today… because the ones we do label “controls”/placebos … are all intervened with strict imprisonments that would make any free(= natural) mammal depressed.. and so whatever happens to the “controls” are subtracted from the results so that you never even see the symptoms of imprisonments .. as those become regarded as mere “background Noise” … think about it…
You are so right!
Totally agree. The government should be taking care of ALL the people.
Great going! Keep up your crusade!
You connected so many points and it’s time to make changes.
It's so refreshing to hear someone who understands the ethos of the tiny house movement. It's about changing the rules to be affordable for everyone. Old style housing is out.
This story and the stories about successful tiny home communities need to be featured on the world news. I am so sick of living in a greed drivin society controlled by politicians who live in mansions. Helping people find a way to live a dignified life within their means is key. I see the interviews of homeless people and just cry. Keep on keepin on - you're doing great!! Your little home is just as sweet as it can be. 🙏❤🙏
YESSSS!!
That’s the American spirit. She is patiently and consistently pursuing her dream and shedding light on affordable housing. Wish her luck and will keep her in our prayers. So inspiring and brave.
Well put 😊💫
Absolutely true! THIS is the American dream... To live within your own means, having the freedom from owing your existence to anyone, and to create your lifestyle in whichever way best suits you (within the confines of law, actual law). Obviously, you shouldn't go about stealing to provide for yourself (strange how capitalism kind of promotes that) and we aren't born into some caste system that preordains our place.
At least, that's what I was led to believe this country is. But I guess humans are creatures of habit...
Well done, Robyn! This is a huge issue nowadays. Renting and home ownership is almost unattainable for some people. We should all be able to live with dignity, and there needs to be alternatives to the norm.
Humanity needs more people like Robyn!
💯✨
Exactly!! Or she is bound to lose in the end. ESPECIALLY if others don't join her and en masse take on the "system".
No Society does not I work with people like her for twenty years and she is pure scum
I love that you did this story on her and how she's willing to go the extra miles to get city ordinances and zoning changed. This is an important movement all over this country. Please continue to do more of these type of stories if you find them, it's very important and inspirational. Thank you.
You got it! Thank you for the feedback ❤️
I'm cheering for you!! I'm sure others are as well!
Thank Robyn for her hard work to legalize tiny homes on wheels. So many of us want to build a tiny house but have no legal spot to park it. 😊❤
That is why it's important for others to park illegally if necessary until there is enough mass that the "illegal" homes outweigh the few with $clout. It will, I believe, it wiil not change unless there is more people willing to do like Robyn.
@@mmariemarkel7482 Yessssss 🙌🏾 ❤😊
That a landowner should have to pay an excessive "impact fee" for access to water and sewer is ridiculous. The rest are just taxes under the guise of impact fees.
Keep going Robyn.
Right?! We already have all those fees attached to the bill anyway
I'm going to bet, they ran water piping and sewer lines right in front of her house. Never left a T, tsp in joint, at time of installation. So now, to connect to the existing utilities, is excavation costs, codes inspection costs, etc. The fees to the city , to obtain a permit, legally at 50,000 just makes sure people of "lesser means" don't live next door to those with higher incomes. The old days of mixed income living next door doesn't really exist. There's a price of entry set by house Costs, taxes costs. Key is, what's affordable? What's your income get you. The answer Varies by city, state.
That's CA governance for ya. Im sick of it here in CA.
I was so shocked when I started looking at buying land (even very rural land) with a tiny house in mind. I really was very naive to think that if you owned the land, you were free to do what you wanted... nope. I learned very quickly that there are often minimum sizes for houses and that even camping on your own land without “improving” it within some time period is illegal in some areas. Incredible. I now live in a van, and I still dream of having a place to call my own one day, but our current system really makes it very difficult for people who don’t want a seven figure mortgage.
We hear you! Some regulation makes sense but a lot seems to be overly complicated for no good reason as well as expensive :/
Absolutely 💯 . Going thru the same thing.. even Land without anything on it has some kind of restriction. Can't have this or that.. rv but no single wide.. and prices are nuts.. they are squeezing folks, with all kinds of regulations , fees, .. it's a bunch of crap it what it is.. I just want to get away from city life, my neighbors be 500 ft away in all directions, me and my 🐕 , in a shed, connex, cement block, earth dome, earth bag, pallet house.. whatever I choose.. good luck my friends and be safe. Good vibes
Sometimes it is cheaper to live in a van. Owning a land can also be a burdan (Council, property and land tax) with restriction of what can be build or access to water. I am looking for the option of a tiny container home on a very small lot in the UK and this is so complicated and hard to find.
I have lived in an unincorporated desert town (Landers, CA) for about 40 years. I bought this land (2-1/2 A) with water and electric to the property, in 2004 for 6K. I can now sell my cabin/property for 100k. It’s ridiculous.
But I digress. Being unincorporated, no one really monitors us desert dwellers out here. People build unpermitted, people live in 5th wheels. My taxes are $400 a year.
We get rain and snow in the winter (@ 3400’) so rain catchment is possible.
I grow all my own food.
I built small structures by myself And still do at 80 years old. None are bigger than 300 s.f and the smallest are 10x12. They each have only one purpose, such as the biggest one is a kitchen, the smallest, a bedroom.
Even though I am on grid, I built small stand alone solar, so fridges are on solar, etc. I have solar ovens.
This can be done even in California. We need to have blogs where people can connect, come together, and share $ and resources.
Forgot to mention…you are allowed to have water tanks on your property out here and get water delivery.
You ask all the right questions about housing affordability, utilities (access, infrastructure), off grid options, zoning, etc. More city planners need to watch this.
You can ask me I was a City municipal planner for 20 years I used to work with people like her and this story is total garbage get educated or get out of town
WOW ... What would we do without AMAZING, CARING, PASSIONATE PEOPLE like Robyn!! THANK YOU Robyn on behalf of SOOOOO MANY people that are STRUGGLING just to live!!
Wow this was such an eye opening episode !!! Really admire her !!! First time seeing a shipping container turned into a mobile tiny home beautiful !!! Wish her so.much success , sincerely hope she wins !!! 🐾🐕🚛🏡🐾
Thanks for sending love & support! Her dedication is truly admirable 💕
Yah. In my opinion she is a pioneer of a few awesome things like this.
I live in another state and I absolutely agree with your comment “let me live within my means”!! There is no more affordable housing so we have to get loans and the city managers don’t care about the people they only care about making a dollar which is a shame!!!!
@Dharma’s Life km
Maybe I can suggest then that most building “codes” (aka restrictions) and “zone laws” meaning at least 95 % of them must be removed! .. as they’re (as you’ve said) only there to drive extra payments and expenses for an otherwise obsolete and insane bureaucracy only making laws for the maintainers of them to drive people nuts and weaken healthy free expressions of actual living. Rather bonuses of good will could be granted to those who do things non-toxic and biocompatible for and with the natural environment.. if any.
Remember that most big tech and housing blocks build on industrial scales today are toxic for the natural environment. So the laws and codes does not help in that regard at all… quite the opposite as those also remove the individual to make op own and more eco friendly and affordable solutions. And with more free time and less struggle in life.. suddenly the individual also got ekstra time to meditate a bit and make better and more self sustainable solutions. Governments are only there as false insurance and “security” and in its core always been for mass mind control and oppression. Genetically speaking all mammals are genetically and intuitively capable of living at least a few years in the wild alone… and like how many percentages of the so called “civilized” “citizens” are capable of that nowadays ?
Don’t forget neither that there are no real “control” groups in double blinded “science” (aka Zions) trails today… because the ones we do label “controls”/placebos … are all intervened with strict imprisonments that would make any free(= natural) mammal depressed.. and so whatever happens to the “controls” are subtracted from the results so that you never even see the symptoms of imprisonments .. as those become regarded as mere “background Noise” … Big cities are only there as enslavement debt contract mass death traps … they even mimick insects as in-sectors … and with queens for drones (a queen in Europe is also called a “Droning”..)
@@zneusenrunus7395 This. I can understand if someone chooses to live in an HOA that has certain rules and rags because of a certain whatever that they want to project. But that is their choice. The rest of us, it’s my property and I’m paying taxes on it so I’ll do what I choose thank you very much. Of course as long as it is not illegal
A big part of the reason "traditional" housing has gotten so expensive is exactly because of the rules, regulations, taxes, and fees associated with those builds, in addition to zoning. In CO, we have "green energy" requirements on all new builds that add $70-100k to the BASE COST of a new house. That's astronomical! That means the base price of even a new condo is about $300k. It pays to get involved in your local city council and legislature. These bills always sound good on the surface, but you have to remember that the government doesn't have their own money--they only have YOURS. Make sure you want to pay for what they're selling. Think about how much it will cost--and how much it will cost your children.
@@dharmaslife Living in an HOA is the LAST thing I EVER wanted…but here we are, despite my best efforts to find a place that was Not controlled like this. I looked for roughly 7 years, in 4+ counties, for a place that might fit our complex needs, & this “bad flipper special”, was the best of the lot, & came w/challenges…one should have been a deal-breaker, but we were lied to about it, & it was too late to back-out.
I TOTALLY agree w/what she’s doing! It’s Long overdue!
If people like her weren’t doing this, the housing markets just keep getting far harder to reach for a huge portion of the public. It needs to be a much bigger movement!
Right now, there are a few ADU’s in our HOA neighborhood, but, rules got made tighter, when the current mgt co. took over, & started inserting rules (conning the board members into agreeing or not seeing them), so, now, no one else can add an ADU. THAT needs changed, at least to allow ADUs of appropriate size on a lot…those w/bigger lots should be able to add an ADU & a shop/barn!…but currently, cannot. I’d rent one out in a second, if we were allowed to park a tiny house out back!
On another bare parcel, the county refuses to allow living on one’s own property, unless they get 1)engineered septic (about $20k) (which requires a grid-hookup for the electrical involved😡), & 2) a permitted well (another $15k+)…which the 🤬gov. has put a moratorium on getting, trying to force public to accept metering of private wells (this has been a very quiet, but incessant priority project of several govs here 😡)….
So, we have not been able to really afford building there, for over 30 years….but the sell value has gone up…could sell it & let it be someone else’s problem…but…it’s paid for…I think of it as an emergency backup, so, kept it.
This is an important video. 👏 "just sell and move" NO WAY! that would be too easy for them. Then they wouldn't have to look at what is not working any longer. GENTRIFICATION! I hope that young lady sticks it out.
OMG!!! When you said please let me live within my means, I feel the same way but to hear someone else say it, bring me to tears. Because it's so hard to afford a home now because everything is so expensive. I'm a senior citizen looking for a home just for me, but I can't afford anything at these prices. 😪
💕 sending love your way!
Here the prices of piece of lands are so expensive too. No make sense. I think having a house is just a dream now
This is a great little home, and a great, powerful woman!! Thank you for what you're doing, Robyn. Thank you Tiny House Expeditions for keeping it real. People should be able to live within their means and no one should be homeless - especially in a rich country like ours.
Appreciate you Dawn. ❤️ We’re passionate about sharing the realities of tiny living, good & complicated, like legal realities. The more legal pathways the better, so it’s accessible to more people 👊😊
This is how I look at lots that are for sale here in Portland Oregon. It would be so easy to allow tiny houses on small lots without it being an adu. We need more options! Thank you for pushing for this change. Your work is inspiring!
Excellent points! Every city owns small and odd-shaped lots not suitable for other kinds of housing but a THOW could easily be placed there 👌
So many of us who grew up there cannot longer afford to live there. I mean seriously?! A studio, a small box in a concrete building is now $11-$1300 a month
I like your little place. One question; where does your shower water ( gray water go?) I think the housing authorities need to revamp things to allow for these tiny houses to hook up to the grid. Otherwise, ppl will be pooping all over the yard and dumping gray water on the ground. How do you operate your mini split without being hooked up to electric? Because I know your solar isn't enough to run it or not for very long if you do.
I had a Rupert too...RIP 🥀♥️🥀♥️🥀♥️
Funny you mention Oregon. I looked at 1/3 acre along the Rogue River. I wanted it to use occ for RV camping. Nope. So glad we looked at local town rules. We could not use it for that purpose. We would need to build a house first. Then, we could park an RV for 2 weeks every 3 months. It was an expensive very oblong lot. The rules were too much and I did not purchase it. Since that time 2 years ago…the price has dropped many times. It’s a beautiful, useless lot. A house would be very, very narrow. I still would love to have that lot, build a small dock and fish..but I’m sure that would be against the rules too.
Good for you for bringing this issue to light. It's should huge problem in California. My area is Santa Cruz for the past 8 yrs. only because my daughter bought their future retirement home here. A good move as would be unaffordable now but a great investment. We added an ADU behind it and the hoops we jumped through, and the pre-build costs/permits were shocking in my Midwestern mind. After installing an in-floor heating system with hot water heater, an inspection was required with $4,000 up front. Naturally, when I went to pay it, I asked why it could be that expensive. I think the poor guy was embarrassed, and but what he said made no sense. The 'inspector' who came looked at the hot water heater system, never asked to see the panel in the house and said, it's fine. Not sure he'd even seen one before, I know the plumber hadn't but did an excellent job. Everything local governments say about affordable living and homelessness, is just talk. They really want homes that pay high taxes and to attract the wealthy and tourists. Good luck getting the services the affluent want, when service people can't afford to live in the area.
CA is the WORST for their regulations. But the state is run by criminals so until that changes it will be difficult to live there.
Keep fighting the broken system girl! People deserve to live on their own land! Cute house too ❤️ ...take care!
This woman is a shining example to everyone. I fear for my teens: will they EVER be able to afford a home in America… or will they have to emigrate to love “the American Dream”?
Hello 👋how are you doing?
100% support this gal...civil disobedience will save this country
💯Let us be free.
ABSOLUTELY
Non violent, following due process. Peace 🕊
There is no hope for your country now. The very fact that it has gotten as bad as it is and $$$ is as important as it is...there's no saving it.
If they want they could throw her in jail. She is a criminal in the eyes of justice.
"Please let me live within my means!" I love this
CAPITALISM=EXPLOITATION
Thank you Robyn for your tenacity in paving the way for others.
Hello 👋how are you doing?
Good for her!! I hope she makes all the changes that she's striving for!
She’s a brave determined woman!
Hi Robyn, (I hope she sees the comments) I love your story. I follow so many nomad channels here on YT. As you probably know so many of them have made the decision to live full time in their vehicles while others have no choice bc in the last 2-3 years they have been forced out of their homes due to increasing rent and many live only on their social security benefits. What truly breaks my heart is that our government would rather ppl buy homes even if they can’t afford it only to take it away from them. Our government and various agencies really do not care about THE PPL imo. I say this bc as difficult as it has been for ppl who lost their homes, apartments, jobs, spouse (a second income) have adapted and learned to live in vehicles but AGAIN here goes our government creating more and more “rules” forcing these ppl to move from where they have been parking. From what I’ve seen/heard ppl who live nomadically, especially those that were forced into it are running out of options. I know Robyn showed her IG page but it would be nice if she had a YT channel. I’ll be checking her IG. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful story and being the voice of so many who don’t have one. I’m sorry for making this comment so long.
I see you 🥰 thank you! 🙏
@@robyndavis6283 poo
Thank you Robyn for persevering with an affordable housing alternative. You're a hero by being an advocate.
Thank you for sharing her story and especially her approach with the overwhelming and unnecessary frustrations she is going through. May support, patience and resources continue to be on her side.
This is a very familiar experience with how bureaucracies get in the way of common sense more often than they should. Calling several departments to ask a simple question is emblematic with inefficient organizations. And to only then get a very unequaled response to her wanting water, and be told to leave the land she purchased in the neighborhood she chose, shows that whatever the intentions were behind the initial policies have only been lost and caught in such a tangled web of confusion and chaos.
We’re honored to share. ❤️ And you’re so right on the over complicated nature of just getting answers 🙃
I bet you would love to have a few hundred of them in your neighborhood!
I don't think this is disobedience of any kind, I see this as rethinking a new way of doing something that hasn't changed in centuries; and why not, why the hell not! If the city of WS is a willing to rethink this concept, tax it, and regulate it, they can gain so much from it...
Dig your perspective! A revolution is really just a paradigm shift, a fresh way of looking at something to create change. Because we all know the definition of insanity 😉
@@TinyHouseExpedition Can't claim to be progressive without shifting and this is the right time for it.
How about they NOT tax and regulate everything!
@@jamesengland7461 So that all the others who pay tax can complain? No, treat this like any other home, period! And allow it to exist as is..
Exactly! Isn't it interesting that Churches can build and get tax free status. Corporations can build mega expensive/luxury housing/condos, apartments, and they get Tax breaks. Yet, if someone wants to create something affordable and live with in their means. It doesn't fit into the statue quo. What's wrong... the system and it needs to change
So impressed with your bravery to fight on in a system that doesn't seem interested in helping all people. Kudos to you!
Please give the okay to tiny homes and free the red tapes and hoops so this homelessness can be solved I can’t afford to buy a regular family home but a tiny home would be within my means I could live on what I make$$
Tiny homes became a niche market and now they cost as much as a regular house. But if we’re allowed to build our own whatever we want on our own property that would be fabulous
Whoa, I just realized she was considered homeless for not having access to utilities, and being denied access. That's what it seems like. So not only does declining to possess land for residential purposes make one homeless no matter how luxurious a structure, also not having city and town utilities. Meaning, an entire off grid structure, power and water, is designated homelessness. This is passive aggressive force to conform.
💯 percent 😢
As someone who is literally testing right now to become a building inspector, this video is exceptionally valuable to me with regard to the ideas that I’m hoping to be able to bring about from the inside. There’s so much in public policy surrounding housing that needs to change. Thank you for making this video and thank you for interviewing this young woman who is so strong and so powerful in her straight forward approach.
Thank you for doing this. For all of us. To be able to live the way we want within our means without getting into a financial mess is something that should be the norm. I’m so proud of you. I think your dad would be too. God bless sweet girl. You made my day.
Have a lot of respect for this lady, she definitely is a pioneer and totally agree with civil disobedience. Every person needs to have the right to live within their means and tiny living makesnit possible
Don't stop what u r doing. This work is sooo important!!! God bless u and ur path.
Smaller housing is a key solution to America's growing housing crisis. This is one great solution. We need tiny home parks in every community in America, imo.
Seriously, like yesterday. And also in as accessory dwellings in backyards & farms, etc. And on single lots, especially small odd lots that every city owns that don't work for anything else!
Why should small/tiny homes be be relegated to parks? There's no reason to shoehorn them into spaces away from everyone else. People should be able to build according to their needs and income on land they own. I own my own home in a town. If something happened to it, and I wanted to build back smaller, I should be able to, although my house is very small now. Smaller homes on the same lot size would enable people to grow more of their own food if desired.
@@annemumford9459 It's one great solution but clearly we need more solutions/options. I think when local zoning people don't allow tiny homes, only one thing is happening: large home developers are being protected. That's all.
Yes, we need more smaller homes! I’m watching a neighborhood near us of modest homes be ruined as they demolish these sweet & solid houses and replace them with huge unaffordable monstrosities. Just think of the energy it will take to heat and cool the new oversized houses!
A wonderful and courageous young lady. who's giving it the good fight. I'm with you 100% I get anger when I keep hearing these stories. I live in western New York and it's the same problem with affordable housing. Mobile Homes used to be an option however most of the parks in this area are being bought up by corporations and the rents are astronomical. Tiny Homes have no options because the only place you can park is in a recreational park and that's seasonal, (May-Oct). It's interesting that Churches can build and get a tax free statue and Corporate developers can build businesses, luxury condos, and apartments and get tax breaks, (not that they need it). Yet affordable housing options are not part of the discussion. People need to speak and Vote.
Excellent points Paul!!
OUTSTANDING !! Please ensure to give us follow ups on this visionary.
All the very best during this journey. Keep on - keepin' on!!
So glad that you have so much support from neighbors and 'some'
sitting in seats of power and impact.
Thank you SO much for giving space to this strong and caring individual who is taking on a beast of an issue that plagues so many. I wish there was some other way to support her freedom-fighting efforts than just following on Instagram. Is there any other way anyone is aware of?
Hello 👋how are you doing?
Follow Robyn and message her here: instagram.com/robyn_mari 😊✨
Ditto to what everyone else has said before me! You are an outstanding citizen and you can live next door to me anytime!!! This should be a nation wide movement…Live within your means!!! You ROCK Robyn!!!
I LOVE that you are taking on the government and, as a Californian myself, agree that we are being forced to take out loans to just live within our means. Congratulations on your success and jumping in and making it happen and possibly change the TinyHouse "code" in your city. Hang in there. I am so proud of you for keeping with it!
Hats off to you for trying to get zoning laws changed. Affordable housing is desperately needed. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for sharing your story and your tiny home with us. Don't give up on your mission for affordable housing. You have the perfect property, lovely neighbors that believe in your journey. Keep up the great job!
My hats off to you! Your struggle is real, how awesome to see your commitment and fearless attitude towards the establishment. So many young people are being forced out of the housing market it makes me sad and mad. This would be the perfect solution to a great big problem.
Thanks for putting out such quality videos week after week. I very much look forward to them. This one in particular was important work and great work. We are blessed to have people like Robyn, who are willing to do the hard work so that the rest of us have an easier path to alternative living in the future. I wish you all the success. I have no doubt you will achieve it. And thank you!
We greatly appreciate your support support Christina! 💕
Actually like the permanent bed and inside + outside storage, very reminiscent of most van conversions we usually see which make sense given the similar limitations on height and size for this particular build.
Chaos for this Young Lady Name Robin, She's fighting for rights, ways and needs for herself/others. Don't GIVE UP ROBIN Believe in Your Heart that this is something You have a Compassion for and with the HELP from Others You will see this THROUGH, Enjoyed Life and Blessings 🙌 🥰😇 From Pennsylvania,USA
The world so needs more people like this!! Awesome young woman and love her light and airy Tiny!
I love your tiny home! 💖 It's beautiful, spacious and very well designed. I'm 64 and interested in living in a tiny home but was shocked to hear of the rules, regulations and expenses involved in just buying property and preparing it to build a home. My son had intentions of building a new home on the property he bought and I was hoping to be able to have a tiny home there not far from him. Thanks for taking a stand for the tiny house movement. I think people live well above their means and waste money on things they don't need. The cost of housing is outrageous even in our area and I believe that the tiny house movement could help a lot of people that might otherwise be homeless. Thanks again for taking a stand.
Good for Her! She's right, it's almost impossible for a person to live within their means because there are so few options available. The normal single person with one income cannot live without incurring debt and that is just wrong. Keep up the good work!
I love the effort you have taken and applaud it . Not everyone wants a mortgage and 3500 SQ FT home. We all need options!
I want one but without mortgage.
I wish you much success and happiness, patience and strength that you need to get you through, and bring you to your goals!!!
I'm so sorry that you're having this struggle. It seems so unfair and unreasonable. The tiny house movement has been met with struggle from the beginning. But it is SLOWLY changing for the better. People like you are the biggest part of that change, and I thank you for your hard work, and dedication!!! You are sooooo appreciated!!!
I love your tiny container home, especially all the windows! That would be my number one priority in the build. Lotsa windows are so important for light, and feeling of space!!!!
Good luck young lady!!! I hope that you will soon find peace and serenity
And all that you need!!!!
🍃🤗🍃
I'm all for it I want to do this as well I'm tired of the big house prices. I'm going to sell my house and down size. Hang in there and yes I'm praying they make it affordable for the little people.. thanks for sharing
❤️
I salute you… It is taken a long time and many homeless camps in my state of Oregon and in downtown Portland it’s just ridiculous and with everything that’s going on with civil disobedience of fighting and breaking windows and affordability of homes and places for people to live. I sold my condo in Clackamas Oregon and moved to Eastern Oregon back in October 2018. Back then I could afford this but it was a lot to do it and I went from thinking about being in a tiny house on wheels, but I didn’t wanna live like a Vagabon gypsy hiding in plain sight… To a quonset hut, finally a stick house on almost an acre in town. I became a planning commissioner and this is one of the reasons. I was trying to do an Airbnb on my property but even that is zoned. Hopefully in time it will change. So keep fighting this fight.
Your dad was a very beautiful man. May his soul continue to rest in peace and i know he will be proud of how far you have come. Your home is very beautiful.
Such a brave soul! I loved this video and the hope she brings through her story. So powerful ✨ this is the reason I want to own a tiny home - to prove that living tiny and being self sufficient is a basic human right that anyone can afford
First time seeing your story. I’ve never seen a more patient, more open minded person fighting not only for herself, but for all people in her community..to find more affordable living, and addressing how the ‘system’ dictates HOW we live. All these laws and regulations keeps many in bondage, forcing them to NOT be able to live within their means.
This is so true, I am a renter living on disability. I don't have a car, and the Scully corporation is slowly moving all the folks living here out because their income doesn't go up enough to cover living expenses. Fixed income only goes so far, then I'm hungry for half the month. People wonder why I'm so skinny. Not enough food is why
@@julialibor9341 You should move to nursing home in Wichita, Kansas.
Robin is an inspiration to so many! her comment that all she is asking her government is to allow her to live within her means was so impactful! It should be the motto for every person everywhere!
Huge respect for you Robyn; thank you for staying the course. The universe picked you, and you didn't run and hide! Not just huge, massive respect!
1000% agreed! Keep on making it possible and are being the VOICE for disabled and ALL of OUR Veterans...
THAT ARE INVISIBLE BUT MASSES! TY!
You are exactly right! Rooting for you, young lady! Keep on keeping on! You are an intelligent and worthy young lady! Everyone should live however they can afford and they should not be thwarted in the process!
Your home is beautiful!! Keep up the good work, it is a great thing you are doing. In the real estate bust early 2005 I lost my home, and I ended up finding a 1500.00, 500 square foot house. It needed a lot of work, but this old lady is happy with less. Keep going, and be blessed.
Your tiny house is beautiful the care that you have for affordability is commendable. Stay strong ,stay on track you're doing the right thing. Much happiness.
Robin you are a champion and We owe you our gratitude for spearheading the recognition of sustainable codes and regulations to support the citizenry. A downsizing the American dream For the people not just Banks( and Insurance industry. )
As a city planner, who has worked in this profession for 28 years, I applaud your civil disobedience against exclusionary zoning, which exists in almost every incorporated city in the United States. These barriers (zoning, and the primacy of conventional single family house almost any other type of use) were made on purpose nearly 100 years ago to keep the have nots away from the haves, and its horrifying. And I'd love to be your neighbor!
Thank you very much for the kind comment & support!!
Governments don't want people living "off grid" because they want the taxes from the utilities. They can't tax sunshine, wind or rain water. Keep fighting the good fight.
As someone who worked in state govt for 8 years, I have found a few things: government loves to expand and grow, and often much faster than the growth of the population! Also, govt should serve the people, not the other way around! Your story is so very encouraging; THANK YOU!!! Bob from Spokane Valley, WA USA
Thank you for sharing Bob! ❤️
we need more young people like you in government positions, young people with new ideas that will make possible this new way of living, comfortably and affordable, for those of us that want live like that. Keep it up!
tiny homes are the first step towards ending homelessness and price gouging rents. You hear politicians talk about affordable housing all the time and then give us such a hard time when we are trying to do just that.
The banks don't want anyone living within their means (not students, not property owners, not renters, no one) because it's all about the debt. Debt creation is the beating heart of the financial system. All about fees and taxes for local governments (all governments) and all about the debt for the banks. A deeply anti-social state of affairs but one that we all allowed to continue for decade after decade after decade and now the real economy is imploding while the banks, corporations, and institutional investors continue to record record profits.
This is a subject that's very near and dear to my heart! I live in Iowa where folks would think land is relatively cheap BUT farming keeps land prices exorbitantly high. Then I see news reports about California's homeless crisis and it seems to me that the causes and solutions are readily easy to identify!
1. Loosen the legal restrictions on homebuilders and dwellers. This by far (IMO) is the largest barrier to housing construction and housing prices.
2. Introduce communities to tiny housing of ALL types... Shipping containers, stick-built tiny homes, skoolies, micro homes, high capacity apartment buildings, etc...
Change the idea of what comprises a home!
💯👊🍻
HEART FULL OF BRAVERY!!!!!!! I LIKE THIS SPACE AND THE WHOLE IDEA. GOD BLESS YOU AND WHAT YOUR DOING
This was the most inspiring episode I have ever seen. Robyn, I hope you are able to achieve the zoning in Sacramento. I live in Southern CA and we have, so don't give up hope! You are amazing. This made me cry
Way to go, girl. I am in the process of building my own Moveable Tiny House. Still working on buying land but I am just weeks away from starting my build. Thank you for working towards getting us all legal.
Best wishes with your tiny home journey! And please reach out if you would like to collaborate in the future on a video 😊 tinyhouseexpedition.com/get-featured/
I’m with you, if they would allow these tiny home okay it would help the homeless. Situation
We need as many shelter and affordable housing options as we can get 💯
I admire your empathetic heart sis♡
In your own way, you are changing the world to be a better place♡
Keep fighting a good fight and enjoy your beautiful sacred space♡
This exact reason Is why I bought a house (tiny 650sf on a big lot) and then the shipping container... Now I have a place to park it (with utilities) and I rent the house 😊
Thank you for standing up for what's right. I support you and this movement toward living responsibly wholeheartedly. I e just heard that TN and MO have both made it against the law to be homeless. They've not demonstrated an intention to adapt as the world does to everchanging conditions. I ran into similar road blocking, although I understand they've since become more open to the idea in Greenville, SC.
On your, my and all the world's behalf, I hereby petition the universe to ensure that you're in a continuous forward motion on your property/utilities, etc. Fronts. That the outcome leaves you feeling heard, and cared for by your community. And thank you again for paving the path! Be well,
Kimberly
Hello 👋how are you doing?
I am thinking about the guy who submitted a plan to build an entire house because there was a minimum building size in his area--he ultimately submitted plans for a whole home but built out only the garage. This allowed him to get full utilities and build only as much as he needed. This was in Hawaii.
We remember reading about that; great hack! Wonder how things are going for him now
I don’t want their utilities either!
Stay Strong! ❤️ You are doing a wonderful thing. So Proud of You!
Our people are struggling to keep a roof over their heads because of the raising housing costs. This makes me mad that instead of making things easier for our new generation, our government is making things more difficult.
Please Keep us posted! ❤️❤️❤️
What a brave,determined,clever young lady and beautiful.
I'm so proud of you. It's amazing how some projects ( mainly projects that promote being a consumer versus being independent and self sufficient) get built literally overnight but for something that you and many other people want and NEED, get all this pushback, excuses and the words of my grandad "Rigamarole". My prayers, blessings and love goes out to you. Trust and believe that it will all work out and be in your favor 🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾. Btw, your space is super beautiful 🤗🌻🤗
Thank you for that thoughtful kind comment 💕☺️
You are truly a pioneer for tiny home living. Thank you for your inspired contribution to better housing for others.
I have experience similar issues. I parked my RV on my Land and the City came out and told me to move it off MY OWN LAND. They told me I need a permits.
I hope robyn keeps fighting the good fight. This country needs more people like her
So true! 👊❤️
I'm amazed how much space is in this home. Its lovely!
The windows and glass doors work wonders in her space! So airy ✨😍
I'm about to do this on my own land in Canada
Do it! Get to know your neighbors, if you have any, and try to address any concerns. We're all about respectful civil disobedience. Bending the rules to create a housing solution for yourself or someone else while being a good steward of the land and a good neighbor :)
It Is a delicate balance. If you don’t have codes to follow, you end up with tent cities. High crime. Drugs.. mayhem. But when the codes become ridiculous and so expensive, it is no longer benefiting the community. It wonderful that you are getting involved in the community. We all need to get more involved.
What a sacrifice! Thank you Robyn! Keep fighting! It's making a difference for the better!
There’s an ongoing protest in my neighborhood because someone never finished building their million dollar house after about 10 years. The reason is because the unfinished house is an “EYE SORE.” I was floored when I heard about it. How is it anyone’s business that the person couldn’t finish the house for x or y reason and they are not willing to hand their property out of their family? I commented on the neighborhood Facebook about how ridiculous the complaint was and I was attacked by everyone. All it takes is a group of mean neighbors to enforce these ridiculous laws.
Thank you Robyn for sharing your incredible story and NOT giving up...it blows my mind that Calif isn't leading the charge for affordable housing alternatives with the cost of housing being so ridiculous in our state and so many unhoused people. I worked in City Planning years ago and was stunned at how many people in gov't are so frightened to think outside the box...hopefully you'll find "someone" who isn't that you can team up with and move this issue forward...after the water and sewer connection fees, some of the other fees seem geared for a large development and not a primary landowner. Best of luck to you, may you be successful!!
Thank you for sharing your perspective and experience!
Hats off to you my dear keep fighting we're all with you with today's world we need our government to be mindful of all the people who have no place to live God bless you
"Wahine Toa" - Warrior women - Before you even see her, you will hear her voice. Unwavering and commanding, you will listen to this first voice, of a woman calling and summoning you to follow........... this is taken from a description of warrior women from the Maori Nation in New Zealand, Aoteoroa .... my ancestors...... women that are brave and stand up for their rights and the rights of others......... this spirit lives too in your soul, in your fight...... keep up the amazing work........ all this zoning and laws that prevent people living within their means needs to change, all over the world, the cycle of debt and loss of freedom needs to stop, and people making a stand will make it happen.... Thank you
Awesome love that you’re educating the city politicians! Thank you 🙏🏼 so much love this! So proud of you for being willing to fight for your rights! That will make it easier for others! Your Awesome!! Thank you 🙏🏼 for sharing.
You are SO on track! We must solve homelessness by providing a home first, as they do in Finland! Los Angeles just approved the building of 100,000 tiny homes as accessory dwelling units in backyards. They can house family or be rental property. Sacramento needs to get with the program. Or you could come to Florida where we don’t have these kinds of problems.
LOL suggesting someone move from CA to FL is literally a huge RED flag.
@@matthewrreis exactly my reaction!
This woman is really fighting for everyone with limited means!! 💗💗💗