What’s your zoning situation like? What about building permits? 

The alley lot where the Micro Showcase is zoned Residential-3 (see 11.2507 / R-3 Buildings on Alley Lots)). Current DC code doesn’t permit the construction of habitable foundation-built dwellings on an alley lot unless the alley is more than 30 feet wide. However, private parking of vehicles and trailers (which tiny houses on wheels are classified as) on private property is permitted under R-3.  I worked extensively with DCRA (11 visits and counting) and a City Councilmember to receive a street address and secure the appropriate DCRA permits for excavation work, siting the storage container, fence construction, construction of the Studio Shed and the electrical hookup. Again, because the tiny houses on wheels are classified as trailers, they didn’t require building permits.