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

近年来，由于微型住宅的许多社会和环境效益，微型住宅运动越来越受欢迎；它们的体积小、建设成本低、易于维护和便于携带，使其成为解决各种住房问题的可行方案。位于安大略省东北部的大萨德伯里市正在经历一场负担得起的住房危机，小型住宅可以通过提供另一种负担得起和可获得的住房选择来帮助缓解这一危机。加拿大抵押贷款和住房公司根据2016年的人口普查数据确定，13%的加拿大人生活在核心住房需求区，其中67%的人符合居住在小房子里的人口统计数字。在大萨德伯里市，5,000户家庭需要核心住房，近10,000户出租家庭将其家庭总收入的30%以上用于住房费用。尽管人们对小房子的兴趣与日俱增，但支持将其用作一种住房形式的实证数据很少。为了解决这些差距，大萨德伯里市、小镇协会(致力于建立人们可以居住的微小地点)和Collège Boréal提议开展合作，研究在安大略省北部选择微型住宅作为住房选择的好处。在接下来的三年里，该团队将：1)设计和规划符合建筑规范和许可的微型住宅原型的建造；2)建造微型住宅原型，并由大萨德伯里市进行检查和批准；3)对微型住宅原型进行设计评估，以收集其作为可持续、负担得起和对环境负责的住房选项的有效性的真实世界数据。

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.