ADUs, or accessory dwelling units, refer to secondary homes, houses or apartments that are located on the same property as a main home. Sometimes ADUs are also called in-law suites or guest houses.

San Diego is reining in its accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations after a series of complaints from residents about the size of new buildings, reports Andrew Keatts in Axios. The city’s ADU bonus ...

Q. I read that Accessory Dwelling Units are now permitted by-right statewide in Massachusetts. How can older adults take advantage of this new law? A. Massachusetts’ new law permitting Accessory ...

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. - Butte County on Thursday announced the launch of the pre-approved Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) and Small Residential Home Plans. Officials say that this is a significant step ...

There is a lot of discussion about how adding accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to single family homes in the wildland-urban interface will affect fire safety in those neighborhoods. There is ...

For years, Massachusetts has left it up to individual towns and cities to define accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, to set restrictions and to decide whether to allow them at all. But as the housing ...

The San Diego City Council held a marathon meeting Tuesday on the city's ADU bonus program. Adopted in 2020, the program led to greater density in single-family neighborhoods, sparking fierce ...

Yesterday morning the Snohomish County Council convened for a public hearing to consider Ordinance 25-014, relating to Growth Management, Revising Accessory Dwelling Unit Regulations (ADU), and ...

AGAWAM — Mayor Christopher Johnson may be the sponsor of the accessory dwelling unit ordinance the Agawam City Council will take up on Monday, but he’s not happy about it. “This is a state ...

“On another one, I was able to fit eight total units.” He is doing this in the city of Madera with accessory dwelling units, known as ADUs. ADUs, also referred to as in-law units, are ...