Janet Thome Featured Speaker At HUD OHC Conference

Tiny House Alliance USA Is Honored

Janet Thome, founder and President Of Tiny House Alliance USA has been invited to be a featured speaker at the Virtual HUD Office Of Housing Virtual Conference on Sept 19, 2024.  It is a three day conference, starting on Sept. 17, 2024 promoting community and driving change.

Janet Thome will be discussing tiny homes, the advocacy of Tiny House Alliance USA and the new ASTM Tiny Houses standards being developed wiith E06.26 Tiny Houses.

Overview

HUD’s Office of Housing Counseling (OHC) is sponsoring a virtual conference for all of HUD’s participating housing counseling agencies (HCAs) and their counselors. Participants will interact with housing counseling leaders from Federal and State agencies, Local Housing Counseling Agencies (LHCAs), national and regional Intermediaries, State Housing Finance Agencies (SHFAs), and Multi-State Organizations (MSOs).

Availability of Affordable Housing: A Journey Across the U.S. and Through Innovative Policies

Thursday, September 19, 2024: 1:30 – 2:30 PM EDT

Session Description

Availability of affordable housing continues to be a challenge across the U.S. This session looks at areas of the country that are considered affordable, as well as models that are emerging to address affordability which have the potential to be replicated. This session will also take a look at “hot topics” in the field of housing policy and affordable housing development related to the impact of the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) expansion of mortgage financing to include accessory dwelling units (ADUs).

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Featured Speakers

  • Teresa Payne, Administrator, Office of Manufactured Housing, OHC
  • Brian Faux, Director Office of Single Family Program Development, HUD and FHA
  • Janet Thome, Founder And President, Tiny House Alliance USA
  • Scott Ledford, Senior Director, ICF

Session Slides

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Tiny House Alliance USA Is A Voice For Small
Tiny House Manufactuers And Owner Builders

One of the greatest barriers to tiny houses on wheels to be recognized as a permanent dwelling is because they are most typically built to recreational vehicles, which are considered a temporary residence.  Tiny House Alliance USA has been at the forefront to develop new ASTM Tiny House Standards to advance the industry for the acceptance of tiny houses as a viable solution to affordable housing and to be classified as a permanent dwelling.

ASTM News Release

 

ASTM Tiny Houses E06.26 Subcommittee

Janet Thome Led The Tiny House Initiative Leading To The Final Approval Of The ASTM Subcommittee On Tiny Houses E06.26 Within E06 Performance Of Buildings.

The ASTM Tiny Houses subcommittee is open to all and every voice matters. Please Join Us!
First You Join ASTM
Join E06 Performance Of Buildings Committee
Join E06.26 Tiny Houses Subcommitee
Learn More About ASTM Membership

We Are The 'Tiny House Architects' Of Our Own Future

 

ASTM Is Providing A Forum And Platform For

The Stakeholders Of The Tiny House Industry

To Come Together And Be 

The ‘Tiny House Architects’Of Our Own Future, Not It’s Victims

I love the wisdom of Buckminster Fuller and I threw in a tiny house twist in his famous quote about architects of the future, so I wanted to give him credit.

 

 

Tiny House Alliance USA Editor
Sept. 12,  2024
The Future Of Tiny Is Now!
Janet Thome Founder And President
janet@tinyhouseallianceusa.org
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