High costs and low availability can discourage just about anyone in the real estate market. Those conditions can also make options like tiny homes more attractive.
The fascination with very small houses has been around long enough that some books on the subject are now in second editions. Those include A Tiny Home to Call Your Own, by Patricia Foreman.
And some builders specialize in tiny homes, like Oregon Cottage Company in Eugene. Todd Miller of OCC and Patricia Foreman visit to talk about living on a smaller scale.