A TINY home community in Mills River, North Carolina holds 92 houses with residents paying just $550 a month in rent.
Each home is unique in this rural village with multiple generations of tiny homeowners.
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Situated among the Blue Ridge mountains is a 50-acre plot of former vegetable fields that’s now a community.
While Acony Bell does not build or sell tiny homes, its residents rent plots on which they can settle their unique own houses.
Residents pay around $550 a month in rent to live at Acony Bell, and that includes bills like water, sewage, recycling, and common area maintenance.
There’s also a beautiful community center and a community garden with a chicken coop and edible blueberry plants.
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Among the 92 homeowners, there are newly-wed couples, middle-aged residents who were looking for a change of life, and retirees.
“This is, we feel, a better option for a lot of people who wanna have their own space and still be able to live within a reasonable means,” said community owner Mark in a video for the YouTube channel Tiny House Giant Journey.
Each individual plot has room to park a car, and residents are encouraged to build their own outdoor spaces such as decks, plantings, and hot tubs.
If you’re curious about trying the tiny home lifestyle, there are nine Airbnbs available to rent at Acony Bell.
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‘BEST DECISION’
One resident, Cindy Bolero, told Tiny Home Giant Journey how happy she is since transitioning to the tiny home lifestyle.
Bolero initially received some skepticism when she told her friends and family about her plan to move into the tiny home, but she has never regretted her choice.
"I think this is probably one of the best decisions I made in my life," she said.
OTHER TINY HOME VILLAGES
But Acony Bell is far from the only community of its kind.
A coastal tiny home village, Tiny Tranquility, has 43 residents living in unique homes in Waldport, Oregon.
Like Acony Bell, each resident brings their own home and rents a plot of land.
They can also enjoy the village’s many amenities, which in this case, include a 12,000-square-foot greenhouse with a community garden, bike racks, and storage facilities.
In other communities, tiny home villages are being used as a solution to the housing crisis.
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Just outside of Austin, Texas, Mobile Loaves and Fishes is a village of 328 tiny homes for formerly homeless residents.
And over in Detroit, Michigan, a village of 25 affordable tiny homes has been created for low-income residents thanks to donations by Jon Bon Jovi, Ford, and General Motors.
