I thought tiny homes were a last resort. Then I visited a tiny house village.

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Tiny home village
Eindhoven is the largest of Minitopia's sites. It has space for 100 homes.

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Buying an apartment seemed my best option. Visiting a tiny home village showed me another way to live.

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Older divorced women priced out of housing are finding a lifeline in tiny home villages

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Tiny house village
Minitopia's largest site is in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

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I'm a 64-year-old retiree who bought a tiny home after my divorce. It gave me a fresh start I could afford.

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Margot Hollander
Margot Hollander

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We're raising toddlers in a tiny home. We work just 3 days a week, and save over half our income.

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Family in tiny house.
Jos van der Meulen and Fenna Wit in their tiny home in the Netherlands.

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I always wanted to live in Europe, so I bought a tiny home in the Netherlands when my son moved out. Now, I'm leaving.

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Side by side of Sidra Gifford and her tiny home
Sidra Gifford moved from the US to the Netherlands.

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I moved into a tiny home village at age 37 with my son. His childhood is so free that we've stayed for 7 years.

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Matthijs van der Ham
Matthijs van der Ham

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My wife and I built a tiny home in our 60s. The downsides are worth it to live mortgage-free.

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Nico Bluigmars
Nico Bluigmars

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We built our tiny home using ChatGPT with no experience. Here's where AI saved us time and money — and where it didn't.

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Simone Solazzo
Simone Solazzo, 31, built a tiny home in 2025.

Courtesy of Anne Leijdekkers

We're a couple in our 30s who dreamed of building a tiny home. My parents had concerns, so we made a pitch deck to convince them.

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Simone Solazzo, left, and Anne Leijdekkers, right, showing their presentation
The couple gave Anne Leijdekkers's family a presentation about their tiny-home move.

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