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Opening the playbook: Top 5 takeaways from 5 ADU/middle housing reform success stories
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With new ADU rules, Anchorage leading US zoning reform efforts
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Anchorage Adopts Model ADU Reforms
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The Present and Future of ADUs and Other Homes in Our Backyards
The conversation shared below was part of the YIMBYtown 2022 conference, cohosted by Sightline Institute and Portland: Neighbors Welcome.* From cottage clusters to tiny houses on wheels, as well as all sorts of new streamlined ways to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs), recent legislation passing in states across the US has given developers the go-ahead to find new ways to provide affordable housing solutions to help address the housing shortage....Read more » -
Anchorage Needs More Moderately Priced Homes: Let’s Start With ADUs
In Anchorage, there are lots of rules about what you can do with buildings on your private property. Most make sense, like mandating earthquake-resistant structures and preventing properties from becoming junkyards. But the city’s zoning code still contains regulations that can do more harm than good by deterring homebuilding and limiting housing choices. Take regulations that impose limits on building an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), also known as a garden...Read more » -
Washington Takes Another Shot at Ambitious Statewide ADU Reform
Washington state representatives Mia Gregerson (D-SeaTac) and Andrew Barkis (R-Olympia) introduced a new bill in Olympia yesterday evening that would lift barriers to backyard cottages and mother-in-law apartments across the state. And it probably looks familiar. These modest homes—which urban planners call accessory dwelling units (ADUs)—provide low-impact infill housing options in existing neighborhoods, cutting commutes and increasing access to parks, schools, shops, and transit. Their flexible design and smaller size...Read more » -
A Portland ADU Program Pairs Lower-Wealth Homeowners and Low-Income Tenants
Courtney Freeman met me this month at her front door, on which she’s hung a little wreath tied with a red ribbon. Then she led me past photos of her niece and nephew and into her little living room, where she offered me a bottle of water and started talking about sharing. “I really worked my butt off and worked my way to being a homeowner,” said Freeman, a hospital...Read more »