{"id":7530,"date":"2016-04-12T09:58:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T16:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=7530"},"modified":"2016-04-12T09:58:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T16:58:40","slug":"kasita-won-sxsw-giving-tiny-home-movement-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-tech\/kasita-won-sxsw-giving-tiny-home-movement-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasita (the home that moves with you) could fortify the tiny home movement"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know that less is more \u2013 and the same is true when it comes to housing. More and more home owners and renters are getting jazzed about tiny houses. People want to simplify their lives. After all, a bigger house just means bigger bills and more chores. The tiny house movement recently got a boost when Kasita, a tiny house design company, won a SXSW Interactive Innovation Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Based out of Austin<\/h2>\n

Kasita is a design company based in Austin<\/a>, Texas, a \u201cgrowing city in need of affordable, urban housing.\u201d Kasita hopes to address this problem by building prefabricated housing units that are stocked with all the amenities, despite their diminutive square footage.<\/p>\n

Kasita units are 270 square feet with nine foot high ceilings. By using thoughtful, smart design, these small homes are still able to house a queen sized bed, a dishwasher, and laundry facilities. Currently there are prototypes in use in East Austin, and you can sign up now to have your own unit by late 2016.<\/p>\n

Emergency housing and more<\/h2>\n

The company is even \u201cbuilding close ties with city representatives\u201d to see if Kasita could be used to alleviate Austin\u2019s housing shortage. The units can be stacked on simple racks to create apartment buildings ten stories high, making quick work of adding much needed housing to Austin\u2019s overcrowded downtown.<\/p>\n

Kasitas, which are quickly and easily installed, could also be used in the future as temporary and reusable emergency housing for crisis situations and natural disasters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Good ol’ “Doctor Dumpster”<\/h2>\n

Founder Jeff Wilson is no stranger to living in tiny spaces. He\u2019s known around Austin as Doctor Dumpster, having made a name for himself by living for a year in a 33 square foot, used commercial dumpster. <\/p>\n

The former Silicon Valley exec buried his Rolex in the late 90\u2019s and has never looked back. He\u2019s followed his passion for minimalism, all the way to South by Southwest, which has given Kasita its Smart Cities award \u201cfor innovations in eco-friendly or sustainable\u201d enterprises that make \u201clife in a connected world smarter, cleaner, greener, and more efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

#KasitaSXSW<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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