Author: Anthony Donofrio

An “experiment” or mad science?

An “experiment” or mad science?

Mar 20, 2017 | , , |

As Cleveland’s Scene Magazine chronicled in this article,  a two house “tiny home experiment” in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood of the city appears to have not quite lived up to the expectations of those involved. Let’s move beyond the hand ringing and disappointment that these not really tiny but small houses failed to garner any buyers despite, according to the Scene writer, being “heavily-marketed” by “top realtors” and dissect this failed experiment: First the players — the local community development group Detroit Shoreway (DSCDO), Citizens Bank, and Sutton Development. All well respected in the City of Cleveland, involved in neighborhood redevelopment and revitalization, surely a team...

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200 tiny homes planned for Colorado community

Feb 14, 2017 | , , |

In what is being heralded as one of, if not the largest, tiny home developments ever in the United States, Sprout Tiny Homes is developing an 200 unit community in the town of Salida, Colorado called River View at Cleora. The development will be built in phases on an approximately 19 acre parcel just outside the City of Salidas bordering the Arkansas River as shown on map below. The land will be annexed into the city according to the developer. The project build out will also feature a number of amenities in addition to the tiny homes as explained on the developer’s website, including: a community building with catering kitchen, exercise facility and management office; a restaurant lot overlooking the river; and 96 storage units. There are plans for a walking trail to be constructed along the length of the river, two resident parks, and numerous pedestrian walk ways, resulting in approximately 2000 square feet of common green space per pod.   View Larger Map  |  Get Directions  |  View Bird's...

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Is there an alternative?

Is there an alternative?

Feb 12, 2017 | , |

Reading the local news this weekend, it seems yet another housing crisis is looming for my hometown of Cleveland. The city received much notoriety in the late 2000s due to sub-prime loans and the resulting “foreclosure crisis” as it was called. Entire blocks, even neighborhoods were adversely impacted. Now the city is confronting a lead paint crisis and will soon start inspections of its rental housing stock. Admittedly late to the game, officials are trying to figure out a regime for inspections that will put a dent in the real problem of lead toxicity in children while somehow not displacing low income residents from aging, dilapidated rental properties that...

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