The Moveable Cottage

My dear friend Bruce suggested I write this one As If it had already happened, so I'm giving it a try. This is my hope. You the reader can help make it a reality.

The Moveable Cottage is an opensource design community dedicated to designing, perfecting and building very small living spaces classed as campers and travel trailers. Our website features information on what is legal in many local areas, as well as how to access that information yourself for areas not yet researched by our community. Many different sets of plans for designs that have been perfected by our community are available for download, as well as opportunities to participate in designing and perfecting new ones.We also provide information and cooperative technical support for those looking to go into the business of building moveable cottages.

We have a special focus on resource efficiency, use of recycled and repurposed materials and low cost construction. As well as making great homes away from home and guesting space at home, many of our designs are also used to house people who have been economically or environmentally displaced in a variety of locations all over the U.S., and increasingly in other places as well.

We are proud to say that our design work has facilitated the formation of more than 50 successful small businesses dedicated to building moveable cottages suited to the conditions and legal requirements in their local areas.

All this began here in Eugene, Oregon out of an urgent need for housing for the huge and growing numbers of economically displaced persons already present by early 2012. We needed homes for people that they could be proud of and comfortable in, to help bring people back into participation in making a pleasant and healthy social environment. Beautiful, affordable, moveable cottages enabled us to integrate displaced people into our community in ways that respect the needs of both new and established residents.