 Or come and break bread with us. Make a choice, because it's got to be one or the other. Elliker says the city's not choosing to arrest residents or demolish the structures, but they're placing a lien on the property and the groups required to take the tiny homes down. Like any other illegal dwelling unit, we will notify the utility to turn off the power, and that is what's coming. In New Haven, Tim Harfman, News 8.