Zack Giffin

Zack Giffin (born April 20, 1983) is an American carpenter and builder-contractor, tiny-house movement advocate, co-host of the FYI reality television series Tiny House Nation, and former professional freeskier.

Career

Road to Tiny House Nation Before he was hired to be the co-host of the July 2014-launched FYI series Tiny House Nation wherein he also took the role of being the show's chief builder-contractor, Giffin ran with his brother Sam a production company they called Right On Brother Productions, producing short films. After gaining local fame with their material, Giffin was partnered with photographer Grant Gunderson to travel around the world to ski for bigger-budget production companies.

Operation Tiny Home nonprofit Giffin became not only an advocate for the tiny house movement as part of the overall environmental movement but also a participant in discussions about zoning policy (noting, for example, that zoning laws that limit the use of tiny homes also hamper efforts to improve cities' energy efficiency), affordable housing, and homelessness.