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ADU

Boise’s New Zoning Code Sparks Surge in Permits for ADUs

Rules about who can live in them and where they can park were key barriers to backyard cottages.
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Unlock Middle Housing with Parking Reform

As long as parking is required, smaller, lower-cost homes are still illegal.
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Boise Poised for First Step Towards More Abundant, Affordable Housing

The new zoning code legalizes more types of housing but creates new barriers to abundance.
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Montana’s Big Bipartisan Housing Deal

Amid the US’s second-worst price spikes and shortage of homes, a broad coalition unified to find solutions.
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Anchorage Adopts Model ADU Reforms

Alaska’s largest city just deregulated bonus homes in a big way, a step to right-sizing its housing options to locals’ changing needs.
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Washington Bill Would Boost In-law Apartments Throughout the State

Evidence is more conclusive than ever that the reforms proposed in HB 1337 are effective.
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The Present and Future of ADUs and Other Homes in Our Backyards

Kol Peterson (Accessory Dwelling Strategies), Annie Fryman (Adobu), Eli Spevak (Orange Splot), and Stewart Hulick (Urban Nest Realty) discuss what’s new in the world of ADUs and other backyard homes in a YIMBYtown 2022 panel.
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Will Washington Do The Right Thing on Backyard Homes This Year?

Years of delay on reforms for in-law apartments has denied homes to thousands.
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Backyard Homes Are Great for Owners of Small Homes

In Portland, almost one in six residential lots has a small detached home. Many of those 23,486 backyards would be great spots for more homes—if they were legal.
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