A Comprehensive Study: Building a Modular Tiny Home Standard for an Affordable & Supportive Rapid Housing Solution for Northern Communities

综合研究：为经济适用房建立模块化微型住宅标准

• 批准号: CCSIF-2022-00167
• 负责人: Craig, Robin
• 金额: $ 8.74万
• 依托单位: Collège Boréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: College & Community Social Innovation Fund
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=756148
• 关键词: Comprehensive; Study; Building; Modular; Tiny

In recent years, the tiny house movement has gained in popularity due to tiny homes' many social and environmental benefits; their small size, lower construction cost, easy maintenance, and portability make them a viable solution for various housing issues. The City of Greater Sudbury, located in northeastern Ontario, is experiencing an affordable housing crisis that tiny homes could help alleviate by providing an alternative affordable and attainable housing option. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has determined, based on 2016 census data that 13% of Canadians are living in Core Housing Need and that 67% of this population fits the demographic of those living in tiny homes. In the City of Greater Sudbury 5,000 households are in Core Housing need and nearly 10,000 rental households are spending more than 30% of their gross household income on shelter costs. Despite the growing interest in tiny homes, there is a paucity of empirical data supporting their use as a form of housing. To address these gaps, the City of Greater Sudbury, Tiny Town Association (working to establish locations where people can live tiny) and Collège Boréal propose a collaboration that will study the benefits of the tiny home as a housing option in Northern Ontario. Over the next three years, the team will: 1) design and plan the construction of a tiny home prototype that is compliant with building codes and permits, 2) build the tiny home prototype, inspected, and approved by the City of Greater Sudbury, and 3) conduct a design evaluation of the tiny home prototype to gather real-world data on its effectiveness as a sustainable, affordable, and eco-responsible housing option.

近年来，由于微型房屋的许多社会和环境效益，微型房屋运动越来越受欢迎；它们的体积小，建筑成本低，易于维护和便携性使它们成为各种住房问题的可行解决方案。位于安大略省东北部的大萨德伯里市正在经历一场经济适用房危机，微型住宅可以通过提供另一种经济适用房和可实现的住房选择来帮助缓解危机。根据2016年的人口普查数据，加拿大抵押贷款和住房公司确定，13%的加拿大人生活在核心住房需求中，其中67%的人口符合居住在微型房屋中的人口统计。在大萨德伯里市，有5000户家庭需要核心住房，近1万户租赁家庭将超过30%的家庭总收入用于住房成本。尽管人们对微型住宅的兴趣越来越大，但支持微型住宅作为一种住房形式的经验数据却很少。为了解决这些差距，大萨德伯里市、微型城镇协会（致力于建立人们可以居住微型住宅的地点）和博尔萨杰学院提出了一项合作计划，将研究微型住宅作为安大略省北部住房选择的好处。在接下来的三年里，该团队将：1)设计和规划建造一个符合建筑规范和许可的微型住宅原型，2)建造微型住宅原型，并由大萨德伯里市检查和批准，3)对微型住宅原型进行设计评估，以收集其作为可持续、经济实惠和生态负责任的住房选择的有效性的真实数据。