America’s 1st tiny house hotel had to be in dense Portland

Deb Delman and Kol Peterson love tiny homes: she’s spent the past couple decades living in a converted garage, a yurt, a tiny unelectrified cabin; he studied urban planning and is a “really big advocate of ADUs [accessory dwelling units AKA granny cottages, in-law suites]“; and the couple now live together in a self-built ADU. Motivated by a desire to share their love of small spaces with a larger audience, the couple has spent the past couple of years turning an empty lot in Portland, Oregon into the coun