THE TINY HOMES MOVEMENT IS GAINING SOME STEAM IN BIG
AREAS, INCLUDING THE BAY AREA.
WHAT ARE TINY HOMES?
WHY ARE THEY GETTING SO POPULAR?
WELL, THEY ARE LITERALLY THESE TINY HOMES THAT PEOPLE CAN
HITCH ON THE BACK OF TRUCKS, AND THEY ARE ABOUT 200 ñ 300
FT.≤, AND COST ABOUT 20 ñ $50,000,
DEPENDING ON THE MODEL YOU DECIDE TO PURCHASE.
THEY ARE MOBILE, AND LET'S SHOW SOME PICTURES.
THEY ARE CUTE.
I LOVE HOW THEY THINK THIS IS A NEW PHENOMENON.
IT'S JUST REBRANDED.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE USED TO CALL THAT?
WE USED TO CALL THAT A TRAILER PARK WHEN WE HAD A BUNCH
OF THOSE TOGETHER.
THAT'S A TRAILER, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
IT'S JUST A MUCH BETTER LOOKING TRAILER.
YEAH.
I THINK IT KIND OF LOOKS GOOD.
THEY DO, THEY DO LOOK GOOD.
THIS DOCUMENTARY THAT I'VE BEEN RANTING AND RAVING ABOUT ON THE
SHOW, MINIMALIST, THEY FEATURE THESE HOMES IN A SECTION OF THE
DOCUMENTARY.
AND IT'S CUTE, I DON'T KNOW HOW REALISTIC IT IS FOR A
COUPLE WHO WISHES TO HAVE A KID.
USUALLY WHEN THEY FEATURE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE HOMES,
IT'S ONE PERSON, OR IT'S A COUPLE, AND THEY ARE USUALLY
HIPPIES AND THEY ARE LIKE, YEAH WE LOVE IT, I DON'T NEED
ANYTHING.
AND THEN THEIR TOILET IS LIKE, A COMBUSTIBLE TOILET, WHICH
SOUNDS HORRIBLE.
BUT LOOK, I DON'T KNOW, TO EACH HIS OWN.
MAYBE THAT'S FOR YOU.
BUT, LIKE, THESE HOMES ARE LIKE $50,000 IN SOME CASES.
ISN'T THAT ABSURD?
YEAH, SO THAT GOES TO MY POINT, WHICH IS, LOOK: WHEN I HAD NO
MONEY, I LIVED IN MIAMI AND I'M A $24,000
A YEAR, I LIVED IN A STUDIO APARTMENT.
IT WAS SHOW-SHOW.
EVEN SMALLER THAN THESE HOUSES.
AT THE TIME, IF YOU HAD GIVEN ME ONE OF THESE I WOULD BE
LIKE, I MADE IT.
LOOK AT THIS.
ACTUALLY IN THAT TINY LITTLE PLACE HAS A LIVING ROOM
AREA, WITH A TINY TV NEXT TO THE KITCHEN.
IT HAS TWO UPSTAIRS, YOUR BEDROOM ON THE LEFT, AND THEN
KIND OF LIKE A READING ROOM ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH IS WHAT
YOU CAN SEE IN THAT PICTURE.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, THIS IS THE LAP OF LUXURY, ARE YOU
KIDDING ME?
IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN MY CRAPPY OLD APARTMENT IN MIAMI.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I DIDN'T HAVE $50,000
TO BUY IT, BECAUSE I WAS POOR.
NOW, IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE PRICES ARE SO OUT OF HAND
FOR PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW THAT A TEARDOWN IS NOW AROUND $1
MILLION IN SAN FRANCISCO?
I DO KNOW THAT.
A HOUSE THAT IS IN SO ñ IN SUCH BAD SHAPE THEREFORE TO
TEAR IT DOWN, I'LL GIVE YOU $1 MILLION FOR IT.
BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY.
BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION AND THE LAND.
SO YEAH, YOU ARE SEEING THIS HAPPEN AND A LOT OF MAJOR
CITIES, AND AS A RESULT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF
TRENDS POPPING UP: PEOPLE ARE MOVING FARTHER AND FARTHER
AWAY FROM WORK, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE
ANYWHERE NEAR THE CITY.
SO FOR INSTANCE, IN LOS ANGELES YOU ARE SEEING A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN AREAS LIKE BAKERSFIELD.
AND THESE PEOPLE WORK IN LOS ANGELES, BUT THEY LIVE IN
BAKERSFIELD.
THEY LIVE IN BAKERSFIELD.
THEY LIVE THERE.
AND THEN THEY DRIVE TO WORK EVERY DAY.
NO BUT THEY LIVE THERE.
IT'S ABSURD, IT'S ABSURD.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BAKERSFIELD IS QUITE A
CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE FROM LOS ANGELES.
THAT IS A MISERABLE DAY ñ
THAT IS A MISERABLE DRIVE EVERY DAY, BACK AND FORTH.
SO EITHER YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN A LITTLE TRAILER, OR
YOU'RE GOING TO DRIVE 17
HOURS A DAY, SO YEAH, THESE PRICES ARE KILLING US.
NOW THAT I'M OLDER, I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD FIT MY
FAMILY INTO THAT, I MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL AWFULLY
CLAUSTROPHOBIC IN THAT LITTLE HOUSE.
THIS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND TWO, OH MY GOD THE
REPUBLICANS WERE RIGHT, THEY ARE PUTTING US IN HOBBIT HOMES.
BUT WE ARE PARTIALLY BEING PUT IN HOBBIT HOMES BECAUSE OF
A SYSTEM THEY SET UP.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS CONSPIRACY THEORY, THIS WAS ON
TED CRUZ'S WEBSITE, THAT AGENDA 21 FROM THE UNITED NATIONS IS
GOING TO DRIVE US INTO THE CITIES, AND AWAY FROM OUR
FREEDOM AND LIBERTY, AND INTO LITTLE HOBBIT HOMES ñ THEY
LITERALLY CALLED THEM HOBBIT HOMES ñ BECAUSE OF THEIR
ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA, MAN.
NO, WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS THAT REPUBLICANS GAVE SUCH
GIANT TAX CUTS TO THE RICH, THAT IT DROVE UP PROPERTY
HOUSES, SO WE ARE FORCED TO LIVE IN HOBBIT HOMES BECAUSE WE
CAN'T COMPETE WITH ALL THE MONEY THE ENORMOUSLY WEALTHY
HAVE IN BIG CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO.
WANTING TO BUY IS ONE THING, I GET IT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
MONEY YOU CAN'T BUY, TOUGH, BUT THERE'S ALSO A BIG PROBLEM
WITH RENTALS RIGHT NOW AS WELL.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN ECONOMIC MELTDOWN, HOUSING CRISIS,
WHAT DO THE WEALTHY DO?
WHAT'S THE THING THAT DONALD TRUMP BRAGGED ABOUT?
THEY SWOOP IN AND GRAB ALL THE FORECLOSURES.
WHOLESALE.
I WANT THAT HOUSE, I WANT THAT HOUSE, I WANT THAT HOUSE.
THEY GRAB THEM BY THE...
AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY RENT THEM OUT, IT'S A GREAT WAY OF
MAKING MONEY.
AND THEN PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY HOMES, SO THERE'S A
HUGE RENTER'S MARKET.
YOU HAVE THE WEALTHY, AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO?
THEY ARE GOING TO FUCK YOU, AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE'RE ALL GETTING FUCKED.
THEY'RE GOING TO FUCK YOU.
AND YOU'RE DRIVING ALL THE WAY IN FROM BAKERSFIELD.
YOU LIVE IN BAKERSFIELD, AND YOU'RE GETTING FUCKED.
AGAIN, NOT ALL THE RICH, BUT MOST OF THE GUYS IN TRUMP'S
CABINETS, THAT'S LITERALLY THE GAMES THEY WOULD PLAY.
THAT'S HOW THEY GOT WEALTHY.