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		jcnnghm on April 2, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can Oregon's tiny houses be part of the solution t... If the people that can afford $3,000/month for rent don't have a place to spend it, they'll just bid up the price of the other housing. Nobody is going to build hovels out of the gate, affordable housing is luxury housing that was built 50 years ago.

SwellJoe on April 2, 2015 [–]

> hovels

hovel: a small, poorly built and often dirty house

So, small houses must, by necessity be poorly built and often dirty?

I believe this is kinda where the problem lies in our culture. Only a large house can be nice, middle class, and a symbol of success in our culture.

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