Texas gains big recognition as one of top states for tiny homes

HOUSTON, Texas -- Tiny homes keep popping up across Texas. In 2019, for example, the community of Eastwood made a splash with the development of diminutive dwellings in the neighborhood.

Elsewhere in Texas, for example, in downtown Lake Dallas, about a dozen families have settled into a tiny home village billed as the first center-of-the-city development of its kind. In the Austin area, several tiny home communities are already open or are in the works.

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Now, a new ranking indicates these communities in Houston, Lake Dallas, and the Austin area are onto something. IPX1031, a financial services provider for real estate investors, puts Texas at No. 2 on its list of the best states for tiny homes.

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