Are Minimum Square Footage Rules Unconstitutional?

Dec 10, 2021

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Erica Smith Ewing is a senior attorney with the Institute for Justice and she is leading a lawsuit against a town in Georgia that is preventing somebody from building tiny houses solely based on a minimum square footage requirement. According to Ewing and the Institute for Justice, this is a violation of the Georgia constitution. I've been fascinated by stories of people and groups striking down restrictive tiny house laws based on the constitutionality of land use and size restrictions. in this conversation, Erica will shed light on her thinking behind the case, why she thinks that they are going to prevail, and makes a call to our listeners for anybody that may be experiencing restrictions on building a tiny house to potentially get in touch to see if there might be a legal case or a legal basis for going into court.

Full show notes and images at thetinyhouse.net/192

In This Episode:

Tiny House Hand Up is trying to help its neighbors own their own homes
Why doesn't this city want tiny homes?
How winning this case could protect the rights of many other people
Other zoning laws the Institute for Justice challenges
Differences between HOA rules and zoning laws
Do home-based business regulations infringe on people's rights?
The cases the Institute for Justice would like to take next

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