alternative housing

Just a short heads-up that if you plan on spending some time in WOOFs/workaways/collectives/communes/etc in the USA (or anything that offers you shelter/food/anything in exchange of work or just making your share of the chores is considerer work at the border. That means: if you're going to...

So i'm ready to make a new camp spot and I can't decide on a spot to put it at *I have a kayden vario water filter* and six (6L) 6 liter water storage msr dromedary bag 1.HILLTOP: MORE OPTIONS MORE SECURE @ 950 feet elevation and walk down hill 1,200 feet to dirty PCB, polluted river water...

Always wanted to see what it'd be like to live in a commune or just check it out for a bit, considering I'm still wrapped up in the system until I pay the government off. Anyways if anyone knows of one in Cali I can see for myself please let me know. Thanks!

Who wants to build something like this? ::cat:: http://tinyhousetalk.com/modern-bicycle-micro-gypsy-wagon/ Micro Gypsy Wagon That You Can Tow by Bicycle on JULY 6, 2013 Guest Post by Barry Howard Studio Three things have always been part of my life: art, travel and designing and building...

Would it be possible to just surf from couch to couch? How hard is it to get somebody to host you? What's been your experience?

This wouldn't happen for a few months, but I just want to gauge interest......long story short,, I bought a house in New Orleans and I'm trying to start a cheap DIY hostel in the lot next door. I got a trailer that sleeps 6-8 people and have now commenced the absolute shitload of work I will...

Recently (during my insane panicked procrastination before the finals) i found a post from someone i dont recall saying they had some land in sacramento that was available to anyone who wanted to live there. well you see, i dont exactly want to live there, i need a space to set up some things...

I couldn't find an answer to this in other threads. I can probably buy some land outright at the end of this year. I just want to build a little shack on it, maybe dig a driveway by hand. The problem is I live in a really snooty area of Maine, and I wouldn't be surprised if the town does...

How To Build A 5 Gallon Bucket Hydroelectric Generator With self-sufficiency on the rise in almost every large city, it is common to see people trying to set up their own power or water supply. Recycling is almost a regular thing now so those who want to live really independently choose a...

i think the house in this video is beautiful, i'd totally live there.

Has anyone here read the 'zine Dwelling Portably? I was sort of shocked when I searched this website and nothing came up under it! http://zinewiki.com/Dwelling_Portably I've tried to read it a few times but wasn't so into it because I don't drive nor am I a boat punk or whatever, and what...

Hi! Some friends and I are traveling West from Indiana, besides slab city, what are some other camps, farms, or communes out there? We should be hitting most of the states west of Indiana. Thanks!

Original post: http://hyperallergic.com/276583/rethinking-life-beneath-our-cities-concrete-overpasses/ Shepherd’s Bush IV, London, UK (2014) (© Gisela Erlacher, all images courtesy Park Books) With the rapid development of transportation infrastructure in the 20th century, much of our urban...

I don't know if this is common sense, but I just discovered it. I'm in Texas; it's alway always windy in Texas. Fucking hate it. I needed to stay up lest I miss an early morning appointment. Anyway I tried hiding from the wind by a dumpster and then by a wall. Aerodynamics was not my friend. I...

My friend has property on the Big Island on which there is an entrance to a lava tube. For those who don't know, a lava tube is what is left over when a subterranian lava flow ceases and leaves behind what is essentially a cave. It was way past dark last night and too early to turn in when...

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/mar/09/into-the-wild-the-rebels-living-off-grid-all-over-europe-in-picturesing-off-grid-all-over-europe-in-pictures Into the wild: the rebels living off-grid all over Europe – in pictures They’ve opted out of cities and started all-new...

by Thomas Fuller Feb. 26, 2016 original SAN FRANCISCO — An order by the San Francisco authorities to vacate a sidewalk tent camp in a commercial district has rekindled passions over the city’s longstanding homeless problem, which residents say has reached crisis levels. Some inhabitants of...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City’s Landbank is now selling over a hundred homes for only a dollar. Felecia Shinstine says she wants to buy a dollar home to help rebuild her family. Want to buy a home in KCMO for $1? Here's what you should know “I have three small kids and I lost my husband last...

the title of the post says it all , looking for folks who wanna run off into the mountains and just "live" I bought some land a year ago hoping to form a real semi-self sustaining radical community. The problem is , most of my friends love being here in the city. Hit me up If creating...

Sounds like London is on its way to being on par with Hong Kong http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3362127/From-shed-lounge-530-month-fully-furnished-tent-rent-house-prices-soar-landlords-inventive-living-spaces-offering.html From a shed in the lounge for £530 a month to a fully furnished...