Mike Spooner, sent a PINS complaint to Karl Aittemini, the ICC Director Of Standards. He is a tiny home dweller who built his own beautiful tiny home.
Subject: PINS Concern Regarding ICC 1215
”I am submitting this comment in response to the revised PINS from May 16th, 2025 for ICC/THIA 1215-202x: Design, Construction, Inspection and Regulation of Small Residential Units and Tiny Houses for Permanent Occupancy.
The revised scope — covering residential units up to 1,200 sq ft — appears to duplicate and potentially conflict with existing ICC and federal standards, including:
IRC, which already applies to homes of all sizes off-chassis
HUD Manufactured Housing Code, which covers homes on chassis over 400 sq ft
ICC 1200/1205, which apply to off-site construction
This lack of a clearly bounded scope introduces ambiguity and contradicts ICC’s responsibility to minimize conflict and overlap among its standards.
Tomorrow is the last day to sign, I am submitting the PINS complaint and our signatures by 2pm EST.
Thank you for signing, sharing, and for chipping in for more shares. Please keep sharing and join me to protect the interests of owner builders, and small artisan Tiny Houses builders and owner builders that are the heart of the tiny house industry.
Thank you,
Janet Thome President
Tiny House Alliance USA
janet@tinyhouseallianceusa.org