alternative housing

So during my travels, when I find a place I would like to stay, I am going to go into the woods and build a shelter. I was going to dig about 3-4ft down and then build a moss roof and just try to conceal it as much as possible. My question is, has anyone tried something similar to this? If so...

So I'm researching the whole tiny house thing, now that I have a tow vehicle. Ran into this article where they made a house out of the shipping containers you find on trains. It's kind of astounding how many of these 'not suitable for habitation' type things can be turned into totally insulated...

Looking for a vacation house? These small towns are giving away plots of land for $10-- or less! https://roadtrippers.com/stories/looking-to-move-these-small-towns-are-giving-away-plots-of-land-for-10-or-less Is there any dream quite like the one where you finally buy a picture-perfect house in...

Built this 12x12 with number help of my carpenter dad and grandfather. Recycled main support 6x6 posts and some 2x4s and other assorted lumber. Cost me less or about a thousand bucks. I own the land and its in a cornfield about 50 yards off a dirt road surrounded by a few sparse cabins and...

Like the title says....that's the idea. There are other things like funding, ownership, which piece of ground our heads might rest upon and how to put funds safely away with 100% transparency...all of which will need to be addressed. Obviously, there is much more to this thought than what is...

One family left everything they had behind to live without electricity, running water, or any means of communication in the backwoods of Eastern Idaho. In Going Off Grid, Laura Ling examines how 180,000 Americans a year are choosing to live entirely disconnected from our modern...

Found this website earlier. it allows people to advertise their gardens for you to come and camp in. Although it is free to use the website I think that the garden owners do charge for you to camp. However, on reading the FAQ it seems that charges are kept pretty low. I haven't actually used...

Its not quite that simple as it seems she couchsurfs and sleeps at boyfriends house too, but she spends a lot of time taking advantage of what the train/stations have to offer and instead of being tied down by a flat she can travel. I'm wondering if anyone has actually managed this full time...

Hey folks, I got this email the other day and I think it might interest some of the folks here on StP, so I'm reposting the email in it's entirety so you get the whole story: Dear squatter allies, I am compelled to spread the word about this project: an organization called Land Action, started...

Single homes going for as low as $5600... In Spain, Entire Villages Are Up For Sale — And They're Going Cheap AUGUST 23, 2015 7:58 AM ET LAUREN FRAYER Weekend Edition Sunday The abandoned village of O Penso, in northwest Spain, is for sale for about $230,000. The last resident died a decade...

Seeking partners for Off Grid Living on land in rural Sacramento: I'm not sure if this is the most fitting place to put this thread, but I felt what I wanted to write fit best under 'alternative housing' and possibly under 'squatting" but I'm putting it here first. I posted this first under...

there is a long term off the grid camp in missouri under the volunteers section

http://www.theplaidzebra.com/you-can-now-rent-van-hotels-in-new-york-citys-hottest-areas-for-22-a-night/ BY: JESSICA BEUKER New York City, a place with endless possibilities and a bustling environment, is on the travel bucket lists of many. Tall skyscrapers, bright lights and an eccentric...

applied to ganas , and a few smaller random ones on fb , most are full or disbanded in nyc. any suggestions ?

So I live in Vallejo, CA right now. I'm not traveling for the time and so I've laid down roots, literally. We had a pretty big earthquake last year that knocked down a big stone wall and I built terraces with the rubble and planted tomatoes. Now the ants here are bringing little bugs onto the...

I had totally forgotten about this website until i just rediscovered it. Diggers and Dreamers is a website with information about intentional communities, volunteering opportunities and housing co-ops all around Britain, that are looking for new members. http://www.diggersanddreamers.org.uk/

"A Documentary made in Somerset, England about a group of people who share the passion to live sustainably. Having lived without fossil fuels since 1994, we hear the tales of living in accordance with nature and what had brought them to branch out from the 'norms' of society."

Link: http://goo.gl/uUVtct The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday is scheduled to consider making it easier to break up homeless encampments, which have mushroomed across Southern California. Two measures before the council would reduce to 24 hours from 72 hours the warning time homeless...

http://www.theplaidzebra.com/this-man-built-a-tiny-home-in-the-pacific-northwest-wilderness-for-under-500/ April 15, 2015 Though the tiny-house movement has attracted major attention in recent years, there are still two major problems that the average person faces when they think about...

these new tiny homes will let you live anywhere, off the grid. http://higherperspectives.com/ecocapsule-home/?c=cleo&ts_pid=2&ts_pid=2 AND Here http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/05/29/live-off-the-grid-anywhere-in-this-wind-and-solar-powered-capsule/

the title of the post is "Grow yr Six" seem like a growing/tenting/commune situation mayb.looking needs help on his land and opening to like minded peeps. it is in Gardener,Co which is in the middle of no where HUERFANO County . so check it out . i dont know how to paste and sheeeeeeeit so mayb...

This sounds rather cool. Found this on a site while hunting down a couple of incidents where McDonald's would not let a person in the store buy food for someone who looked homeless. jerks. Anyway this is cool. the vid is quite interesting as well. LOL at the bottom - I was looking for more...

So its been a while since i did anything constructive other than make some penny stoves for a few folks so i decided to improve my life a bit and tackle my lack of plumbing and fresh (hot) water in my newly aquired rv. So i did a google search for just that (homemade hotwater) and come across...

Hey there y'all! I found a few pics of past squats I had going on! Enjoy!

I found this inspiring. Hopefully someone else will too! Home » Featured, The Homestead Life Homesteading When You’re Flat Broke If you’ve followed my blog for any amount of time you’ve probably picked up on the fact that my family is not rich. (Not monetarily, anyways.) We’re not even in...

Dutch Retirement Home Offers Students Free Rent For Time Spent With Elderly Residents http://www.boredpanda.com/student-dorm-edlerly-retirement-home-deventer-humanitas/ Humanitas, a social service organization in the Netherlands, has come up with a brilliant model for helping students with...

Alright, It's about time I kick this bad boy off. Like the title states I'm going to show you how I plan, set up, and hopefully not die on my god forsaken piece of desert. This is a learning process for all of us :) I am going to start with a disclaimer. Farming is hard fucking work...

Hey, I'm pretty inactive cause I've been tramping about. got a rubber tramp rig nailed down and gearing up to head to NE NV in about a year. I some how bought 23 acres? I know its real I'm just surprised I some how manged to become a land holder despite myself. My hard core partner and I will...

I thought this video about living in a pop up camper was pretty cool. I especially like her response around 11 minutes in, to "what would you say to people that equate living in a trailer to being homeless?" the youtube channel this video is from has a lot of tiny house / alternative housing...

Are there any tent cities in Austin these days?

This is an exerpt from this blog post: http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/02/23/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-cxv/ i wanted to share it with folks here since this is one of the most magical things ive ever seen. it's like a gypsy mansion. i'm going to incorporate this style into...

Building a Geodesic Dome Greenhouse for Under $200 http://homefixated.com/geodesic-dome-greenhouse/ 6 Commentsby RICH on OCTOBER 2, 2014 in ARCHITECTURE, GARDENING, HOW TO WARNING: Building domes can be very addictive…Building a dome may be one of humankind’s earliest D.I.Y. projects. Dome...

https://roadtrippers.com/blog/these-heated-glass-igloos-are-the-perfect-place-to-witness-the-northern-lights These heated glass igloos are the perfect place to witness the Northern Lights Greg Newkirk 12 December, 2014 Located in the Arctic Circle, Finland’s Hotel Kakslauttanen offers the...

Sites a wee bit interactive so cant really copy and paste, but worth checking out if your into this kind of thing...

I recently, as in today, went down to the whereabouts of a BNSF intermodal facility, which I wanted to scope out because it should take me west and I want to have a good idea of the layout before I mess with trying to hop trains there when it's warmer. I ran into some sort of hobo camp on the...

Did a search to see if anyone else had anything in for green houses. I'm rather liking the pvc and plastic ones - these go from really cheap to a more sturdy frame (and it looks like someone could live in them). The one built from recycled storm windows is also very interesting. ________...

Maybe you don't. Either way. I've got a backyard, but bed bugs are driving me into my girlfriend's 3rd story apartment and I've suddenly been struck with tons of ideas of stuff I'd do if I wasn't so cramped. I got some shiitake mushroom spores that I'm going to inocculate in logs when I find...

two versions first more of a story second song i grew up with.

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US Vets has housing all over the country. http://www.usvetsinc.org/washingtondc/# Also, there are veterans housing places in San Jose, Palo Alto, Sacramento, Eureka, and Santa Rosa. I lived in the one in Eureka for a couple months. It's nice if you like Humboldt County...

chroniclesofamber: Cyber-Dys-Punk-Topia “There was a place near an airport, Kowloon, when Hong Kong wasn’t China, but there had been a mistake, a long time ago, and that place, very small, many people, it still belonged to China. So there was no law there. An outlaw place. And more and more...

These cozy cacoons are perfect for winter hibernation https://roadtrippers.com/blog/these-cozy-cacoons-are-perfect-for-winter-hibernation Anna Hider 14 November, 2014 Well I just found the new number one item on my Christmas list: the Cacoon, a cozy tent/hammock hybrid that was inspired by...

The Cocoon Tree Tent: For the Modernist Camper https://roadtrippers.com/blog/the-cocoon-tree-tent The Cocoon Tree Tent is truly a modernist nature-lover’s dream. It can float, hang or just sit on the ground (though when it’s hung it gently sways and when it floats it makes you feel like...

Came across this the other day. Some of these hermit habitats are pretty badass. http://flavorwire.com/474984/meditative-photos-of-hermits-and-their-woodland-homes/view-all

Some of these are amazing! Costs probably don't include shipping/handling of container - so that's just the start. Still pretty interesting. _________ All you need is around $2000 to begin building one of these epic homes – made from recycled shipping containers! Check out some of these...

My fiancee and I both love helping people and I've done quite a bit of wandering. We both want to settle down and start a commune when we move to Utah. We want to have several off the grid houses for people staying long term and an area for tents for short term stays, some farm land, a business...

Somebody has the right idea: http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2014/07/24/tiny-houses-homeless/13127997/ BOISE -- A local group has a new and unique take on a way to help the homeless population -- building tiny houses. A non-profit called Idaho Tiny Houses is hoping to provide the funds...

I have been thinking of changing my life. I finally make a decent salary for once in my life, but I am still intensely happy. I am beginning to surmise that the type of people you surround yourself with matters alot more than the money you make. I am sick and tired of being surrounded by fake...

Check out the shack this lady built for herself in Hawaii. Thirteen pages with brief descriptions and videos. Not extremely instructional, but lots of ideas. http://www.offgridquest.com/homes-dwellings/home-stories/692-kristie-wolfe Page 1 of 13 Next >> Overview: My Tinyhouse Story - With...

landpirate submitted a new file to the downloads area: How to Build your own Yurt - a complete guide to making a Mongolian Ger Click here to learn more about this file...