It may sound weird, but it is actually true. Some are coming out to confess, while school bus sales agencies are confirming it; this is almost becoming a new norm. To strengthen the news are the vehicle converting companies, who claim to be fully booked, actually, up to way into 2021.

It is not really a surprise to see people convert vehicles into little habitats. The habit has been there for long, driven by various motivations.

How the Pandemic Facilitated the Conversion of Used School Buses into Homes

Look, there are families who were already used to using vehicles for homes. Nevertheless, the number has increased with the pandemic. What are the triggers of this trending habit?

1. Cost

Coronavirus has rendered so many people jobless. Given the nature of the disease, that no one knows when the world will be back to normal, it is only sensible to reconsider the living arrangements.

 If you were living in a rental and your salary slashed or the job gone altogether, then you know the challenges that this could bring.

For this reason, more Americans have decided to turn to convert used school buses to homes. Besides, being used, the buses are way cheaper.

In any case, several schools already decided to turn to virtual learning. To finance and achieve this, more buses are available sale.

Though the conversion in itself is expensive, the long run results are cheap and convenient.

For a small family, a well-converted school bus will be the most efficient yet comfortable place they can call home.

2. An Urge for Social Distance

The pandemic has set new standards that were never seen before; worldwide social distancing. And what better way to distance your family than to have it on a vehicle.

Since only a single small family will fit, you will not have threats from other people. Moreover, you can set the bus wherever you want, since it is mobile, unlike a house. Whether it is in the middle of a jungle or some abandoned location, you will have the freedom to keep your family safe.

Likewise, the mobility will ensure that you don’t really feel locked in. You can always experience a getaway whenever you feel like you need some air. As long as the place you go to is deserted, you are good to go.

3. Space

School buses are among the most spacious vehicles you could get. A single school bus will accommodate a kitchen, a living room, toilet, and tiny bedrooms.

With your small family, you will have, if not all, most of the necessities you need in place.

4. Family Bonding Time

You want to bond perfectlywith your family during this pandemic period, free from all distractions? A used school bus turns out to be the ideal solution, given the cost, space, and convenience away from people and all.

The bus will not fit all the luxuries of the house, and being smaller than a house, a perfect way to know your family better.

Bottom Line

So, yes, Americans are converting more used school buses into tiny homes. The reasons are obvious, as stated in this article.

The school bus is more convenient, cheaper and the best way to keep yourself or your family safe from the pandemic.

A recent poll by Associated Press shows that a large proportion of unemployed Americans think that their jobs won’t return. Only 34 percent of the polled people believe their jobs will return.

That is a shift from earlier on when most people thought their jobs would return. The unemployment scope paints a grim picture, even as researchers work to get a vaccine for the virus.

The job market has been one of the hardest hit by the virus. Since April, when the virus hit the US, unemployment numbers went through the roof as a record number lost their jobs.

The unemployment was caused hugely by the measures aimed to combat the virus. Companies and businesses closed shop to enable social distancing and stay at home for the bulk of workers.

Only a handful of companies allowed their staff to work from home, plunging those who couldn’t into an unemployment crisis. The tough times have no end in sight, especially with the end of the $600 unemployment benefits at the end of July.

In what will serve as quite unfortunate news, most of these jobs lost might not return even with the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. Most people would have thought of the crisis to be a temporary thing.

However, all signs are that only a handful of jobs might return after the pandemic. About 10 million people might have to get new jobs after the pandemic stops wreaking havoc. To compound matters even farther, some might have to switch professions altogether.

Signs point to relatively fewer companies surviving the coronavirus pandemic. That is a frightening prospect for the millions that depended on such companies before the virus struck.

Congress has been weighing an extension of unemployment benefits for the millions of unemployed Americans.

Jobs heavily reliant on demand shifts might be the hardest to return according to a study done by The University of Chicago. That is in addition to employment in the hospitality industry.

However, it is not all gloom as some companies have stepped up hiring even in the face of the pandemic. Companies such as Walmart, Lowes, Amazon, Dominos, and Papa Johns have said they have plans of hiring soon.

That has been down to stay at home consumer patterns. The patterns have been shifting from the onset in the wake of the pandemic.

One can only wait to see how the economy bounces back after this historical setback.