Tiny homes Coverage

The best ways to save on home insurance for tiny and traditional houses

There are only a handful of companies that insure manufactured homes. Less competition can also mean higher rates. Here are ways to save.

Keely Arthur, WRAL consumer reporter

How to save on home insurance

WRAL consumer reporter Keely Arthur has some ways you can be sure to get the lowest insurance price on your home.

River and Twine offers tiny house escape

River and Twine at Rocky Mount is a tiny house hotel resort offering you a chance to get away from it all!

River and Twine offers tiny house escape

River and Twine offers tiny house escape

Some point to tiny homes as solution to housing crisis

More than 70 percent of Americans cannot afford the median price of a new single-family home. Some tiny home advocates say they're the solution to the housing crisis.

Tiny homes offer massive impact in hope

Farm at Penny Lane Director Thava Mahadevan aims to bridge the gap between affordable housing and mental health.

Tiny home community more than a roof overhead, a project of hope

Farm at Penny Lane Director Thava Mahadevan aims to bridge the gap between affordable housing and mental health.

Lauren Lennon, 2023 CBC-UNC Diversity Fellow

The future is here: Take a look at the first 3D-printed housing development in NC

A $30 million project in the Halifax County town of Littleton is aiming to become the first 3D-printed housing development in North Carolina.

Keenan Willard, Eastern NC reporter

Tiny apartments renting for $1,000 planned for Hillsborough Street

A real estate entrepreneur is planning to make a 5-story apartment building with 100 "micro apartments" -- each roughly the size of a shipping container -- renting for $1,000 per month on Hillsborough Street.

Group brings joy to homeless by building them tiny homes

A group is building small homes for the homeless around the country. The group recently visited Roanoke and built a home for a local woman.

Raleigh entrepreneur seeks to develop tiny home village for digital nomads

An entrepreneur has an idea for Raleigh: Tiny Home Cottages and communities that attract digital nomads and relieve skyrocketing housing prices.

City leaders approve plan for more tiny homes in Raleigh

Raleigh city leaders have approved a plan to build more tiny homes. A move that could open up more affordable housing.

Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporter

City leaders could OK plan allowing more tiny homes in Raleigh

On Tuesday, Raleigh City Council may give the green light for tiny homes to be built on their own lots in the city.

Kasey Cunningham, WRAL reporter

Nonprofit raising money for Goldsboro tiny home village to help homeless veterans

A Goldsboro nonprofit is working to build a tiny home village to help homeless veterans get their lives back on track.

Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

Could tiny homes provide solution in Raleigh's competitive housing market?

People in Raleigh who have big dreams of owning a tiny home will have to wait a little while longer to build or buy one.

Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter

Tiny home builder sees demand grow as Raleigh advances zoning change

People in Raleigh who have big dreams of owning a tiny home will have to wait a little while longer to build or buy one.

Raleigh planners approve tiny homes

Redfin says Raleigh home prices last month were 18 percent higher than they were in September 2020. The tiny house movement could bring more affordable options.

Exploring the tiny house hotel at Rocky Mount Mills

Less than an hour away from the Triangle area is a tiny house community on the site of a historic mill village. Built on the shores of the Tar River, the historic campus has been refurbished with breweries, trendy restaurants, grassy picnic spots and a hotel of tiny homes available for overnight rentals.

Tiny house community: Look inside the tiny home hotels in Rocky Mount Mills

Less than an hour away from the Triangle area is a tiny house community on the site of a historic mill village. Built on the shores of the Tar River, the Rocky Mount Mills have long been a center for culture and commerce.

Heather Leah, WRAL multiplatform producer

Empty Wilson lot targeted for tiny senior living community

A proposed project in Wilson could help seniors looking for work by providing tiny homes.

Tiny house project could help unemployed Wilson seniors bounce back from pandemic

A proposed project in Wilson could help seniors looking for work by providing tiny homes for them.

Keenan Willard, WRAL Eastern North Carolina reporter

Tiny homes: A growing market during the pandemic

The pandemic has increased interest in accessory dwelling units - especially for one that's designed to double as an office.

Sarah Kreuger, WRAL Durham reporter

Affordable 'tiny homes' increase in popularity during the pandemic

Haven Ventures, which already did real estate development, architecture, and construction, now sells "accessory dwelling units" like backyard cottages and tiny homes.

Travel idea: Rocky Mount Mills and its tiny homes

Want to get away for a few days but don't want to go too far from home? Try a tiny house trip.

Kathy Hanrahan, Out and About

Tiny home community will offer shelter for those with mental illness

Leaders broke ground on a new neighborhood in Pittsboro. These tiny houses are just right to offer a safe place for those dealing with mental illness.