Collective PINS Complaint Gathered 407 Signatures
I submitted the collective PINS complaint on June 15, 2025 to ICC along with 407 signatures of the Change.Org Petition –Oppose ICC Hijacking Tiny Houses With Small Residential Units. Thank you everyone!
June 18, 2025 Meeting
I attended the June 18, 2025 OSMTH 1215 meeting and I asked ICC staff about our PINS complaint. He stated that they received a couple of comments and that they expected to answer before their deadline of July 15, 2025.
I would describe that to have the signatures of over 600 people that was gathered between 2 petitions is more than a 'couple of comments' but his statement is a signal to me that no matter what they will still continue to unfold the SRU agenda.
More than ever, we need to keep exposing this regulatory grab of the tiny house industry under the guise of standardization for BIG INDUSTRY. Please keep sharing the petition, in case we need further group action. Thank you in advance.
Unintended Consequences Of The SRU
The Small Residential Unit ( SRU) is a term that is not enforceable, not currently recognized by HUD, building officials, architects, engineers, designers, builders, loan officers, insurance agents, legislators, city council members, planning departments, code enforcement, testing labs, third party agencies, manufacturers of products, NHTSA, DOT, consumers, police officers, and firefighters to name only a few organizations and types of industries that the term Small Residential Unit could affect if the standard remains with the focus of the Small Residential Unit.
Think about how much change it would take to introduce this new term, which is more of a description of a house, and already closely associated with ADUs, and single residential units to all of the above organizations, and industries.
RB42- 25 Was A Code Proposal That Referenced The 1215 Standard At The First CAH Hearing.
Even though they asked for disapproval at the first CAH Hearing that just occurred in Florida, there was a lot of opposition at the hearing that was opposed to the Small Residential Unit.
Reason Statement For RB42-25 Disapproval: Could Not Be Regulated By The IRC
The committee reason statement was also interesting that basically stated that
The 1200 square foot limit for small residential units in the standard could result in those houses not being regulated by the IRC.
ICC Continues To Ignore Opponents Of The Small Residential Unit
Learn More And Read The Collective PINS Complaint
Please keep sharing the petition, in case we need further group action.
Thank you,
Janet Thome President
Tiny House Alliance USA