With the soaring costs of both renting and buying a home, you might be considering alternatives, like building a tiny home.

Construction of a house takes four walls, a roof and basic modern amenities. But local students recently got a hands-on opportunity to learn what it takes to make a home. Nine students from La Jolla ...

Melanie Copeland lost her job, built a 144-sq-ft tiny house, and launched a handyman business with her husband in Virginia.

The 4800L Compact is designed by Australia's Tiny Build – not to be confused with New Zealand firm Build Tiny. It's based on a double-axle trailer and has a utilitarian vinyl exterior and gable roof.

My home is less than 1100 sq feet and yet I'm intrigued by "tiny houses" of the under 500 sq feet variety, that people build on trailers. I thought it would be interesting to write about the ...

The architect Dimitri Brand and his wife, Nelly Mecklenburg, built a custom home in New York and tacked on an addition. But ...

SPLENDORA, Texas (KTRK) -- The smallest school district in Montgomery County is taking on a large project with a tiny result. For the past seven months, Splendora High School students have been ...

Housing-strapped Charlotte is loaning homeowners money to build smaller rental accessory dwelling units on their properties.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shortly after Elvis Summers befriended Irene McGhee, he learned she was sleeping on the streets of South Los Angeles. So the man with the blue mohawk and wraparound shades decided ...

A student-built tiny house 3 1/2 years in the making is up for auction, the culmination of Poway Unified School District’s first foray into advanced construction education for teens. “It is a huge ...