18,000 Australians dream small and smart

Something has happened with our building dreams. As more and more people want to live in sustainable and economical ways, a new emerging trend is spreading around the world. It's all about needing less - to build tiny houses. An entire Tiny House movement has grown in the United States. We take a look at what movements are under way here in Australia - with regard to making housing affordable by building small and smart. Apart from that, Australia can generally boast of having some of the largest residences in the world - the average is up about 250 square meters per house - twice as high as the average in Denmark. Unfortunately for first-time buyers are also some of the most expensive houses in the world. There are many in Australia who do not earn enough to be able to take a large enough mortgage to buy a home ownership. This could be where the American Tiny House movement come in with a bid to solve that problem. All around the country, there are Australian architects and contractors who have started to develop new design concepts for "tiny homes".

Tiny house in Oregon, USA Source: Photo by Tammy on commons.wikimedia.org