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01 / NEWS

Side Hustle House: An affordable home that puts money in the bank.

Union Studio Architecture & Community Design has officially launched the Side Hustle House, a starter home design that has the charm of a classic cottage and the flexibility of a Swiss Army knife. The house starts as a compact and comfortable 2-bed, 1-1/2-bath that can adapt and grow to meet life’s changes while supporting methods of generating income on the side. The complete house plans, including optional additions, are being sold for $400 and can be purchased at www.sidehustle.house.
For every set of Side Hustle House plans sold, $100 will be donated to ACE Mentoring Rhode Island, a mentoring and team-building program for high school students in the Rhode Island area interested in careers in architecture, construction, and engineering.
Buying your first house used to be a rite of passage. Between the high cost of housing, wage stagnation, student loan debt, restrictive zoning, and inadequate public investment, the housing crisis is putting home ownership out of reach for many Americans. When new homes do hit the market, they’re sized for big families with big budgets when in reality households and savings accounts are getting smaller, not bigger. The housing crisis is real; it’s time for the housing market to catch up. There are many things causing the housing crisis, design shouldn’t be one of them.
With a simple form and intuitive details, the Side Hustle House is easy to build – any licensed contractor in your city should be able to complete it using standard methods, conventional materials, and a reasonable timeline. The base house and optional additions are designed to attach to each other like puzzle pieces, with minimal effort or interruption to your daily life. So when the time is right, make a little extra income by converting your second floor into a one-bedroom apartment, or welcome your mother-in-law for what she promises will be a short-term stay in your ground floor suite, or build a little workshop to support your jewelry design business that is blowing up online.
Make your house work for you!
02 / SOCIAL

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