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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tiny homes are a waste of land.  What is the difference between tiny homes compared to townhouses and condos?  People that demand it are just people who can't afford the land demanding their own land.[/quote]

No they are not. It's an affordable option for people that want single family homes. You can fit a tiny home with a cute backyard on smaller lots. [/quote]

You are not understanding that it is the land that is expensive.  If you go to places with cheap land, like texas, then they are building small single family homes.  When land is expensive, then townhouse or condo is how you get a little bit more affordable.

Nobody is going to build a $200k tiny  house on a $800k lot.  [/quote]

There's no reason to build a tiny house on a 2 acre lot. That's why tiny houses are impractical until the minimum lot size changes. [/quote]

There are plenty of places in NOVA with smaller minimum lot sizes. R-4 is a very common zoning category for land in Fairfax. That only requires a quarter acre for lots.[/quote]

Citation?[/quote]

This is very easy to verify yourself. Here is the share of county land that is zoned with higher density residential zoning categories that could be suitable for smaller single family homes. 
R-3: 12.54% = (31,350 acres, up to 94,050 units)
R-4: 3.36% = (8,400 acres, up to 33,600 units)
R-5: 2.78% = (6,950 acres, up to 34,750 units)
R-8: 2.91% = (7,725 acres, up to 52,200 units)
21.6% of the entire county is zoned for higher density residential development that is suitable for smaller single family houses. These zoning categories effectively allow for the development of up to 215,000 housing unite, which is equal to around half of the existing housing supply in the county. Yes, I will concede that most of this land is already developed but there are still tens of thousands of unbuilt units allowed under the existing zoning in this portion of the county.[b] My proposal to increase affordability for single family housing, is to rezone all land in the county that is currently zoned R-3 to R-4. This will allow minimally impactful redevelopment by allowing the subdivision of larger R-4 lots. 
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Everything with residential zoning that is currently zoned less than R-4 within a mile radius of the metro stations or VRE stations canalso be upzoned to R-4. [/quote]

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