Woman builds 186 sq. ft. "tiny house" in North Vancouver

With Vancouver recently crowned the second-most unaffordable city in the world, it's no surprise thatmany people are looking for more affordablealternatives for housing.

• Vancouver has 2nd most unaffordable housing market in the world after Hong Kong

Some move to the suburbs, while others find roommates or go for 'Wizard of Oz' suites.But one woman says the city should considerallowing people to rent out their backyards to people with tiny homes on wheels.

Tired of dealing with rent increases and roommates, 50-year-old IsabellaMoritook matters into her own hands.

"Trying to buy a place here [in Vancouver] as everyone knows at this point is almost impossible unless you have a very high income," she said.

Mori found a builder who specialized in constructing small houses and eight months and $39,000 later, she is the proud owner of an 186-square-foothome complete withmultifunctional spaces andcollapsiblefurnishingsin an RV park on the North Shore.

So far she has no regrets.

"It's great ...I was waiting to wake up and go, 'Oh lord, I live in a 186-square-feet space with two cats.What have I done?' But that just hasn't happened."

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