California plans to build 1,200 tiny homes for the homeless. Here's what they look like.

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The interior of a housing unit from Plugin House Company.
The interior of a housing unit from the Plugin House Company.

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I was thrilled to live in a tiny home. But it got too expensive, and now I'm moving out.

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Elizabeth Illing and her daughter.
Elizabeth Illing and her daughter in their one-bedroom tiny home in Austin.

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A new tiny-home community near San Antonio is raising eyebrows for marketing pint-sized houses for over $140,000

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The Elm Trails tiny home community is near San Antonio, Texas.
The Elm Trails tiny home community is near San Antonio, Texas.

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These sleek, prefab buildings can add an office or spare bedroom to your backyard from $33,000 — take a look

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The exterior of a tiny home.
The exterior of a small ADU Aux Box.

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A software engineer built a tiny home for his mom and now he has a full-blown business selling DIY plans

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The Tiny Retirement home which has large windows
Dan Louche set up Tiny Home Builders in 2009.

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These modular, net-zero homes with Scandinavian flair cost from $186,100 and can be put almost anywhere — take a look

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Modern bedroom with a window peering into a forest
A bedroom in the show home.

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Financing a tiny home just got easier. Here's why.

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a white home with black trim and plants in front of it, transformed garage
The exterior of one of Symbihom's garage ADUs in California.

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Three Californians got $40,000 to build ADUs in their backyards. They share how it's made their lives better and easier.

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one of the ADU grant recipents, Jakota Rivas, in front of her ADU.
Jakota Rivas, right, in front of her ADU in Napa, California. She received a $40,000 state grant. Ryan O'Connell, left, is founder of How to ADU, a ADU advocacy company.

Eric Santucci for Ryan O'Connell.

Want to build a tiny home in your backyard? Here's how you can finance it.

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Adobu ADU in Sonoma
A two-bedroom Abodu ADU in Sonoma, California.

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A couple left Miami and downsized to a tiny home in a Georgia forest. They found happiness through building more tiny homes in their backyard and renting them on Airbnb.

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a couple poses in their tiny house
John and Fin Kernohan.

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