alternative housing

This is pretty badass. It's a shame they threw him in jail and destroyed all his hard work. The video at the link below has more info and video of the cave itself...

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...