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Rural Communities Embrace ADUs to Boost Housing Supply
How planners, lawmakers, and residents are changing attitudes and zoning rules about accessory dwelling units in small towns.by: Kevin HardyHow planners, lawmakers, and residents are changing attitudes and zoning rules about accessory dwelling units in small towns. -
New ADU Tools May Unlock Affordable Housing in Your Backyard
From California to Arkansas, ready-made design plans can reduce time and costs during the permitting process.by: Jon DePaolis September 26, 2024From California to Arkansas, ready-made design plans can reduce time and costs during the permitting process. -
What's Blocking an ADU Boom?
Accessory dwelling units are gaining national momentum, but these regulatory and financial hurdles still need to be cleared.by: Adina Solomon September 09, 2021Accessory dwelling units are gaining national momentum, but these regulatory and financial hurdles still need to be cleared. -
Practice Gentle Density
Zoning Practice — February 2023by: Jacqueline Berg, AICP, John Houseal, FAICP February 01, 2023This issue of Zoning Practice explores zoning strategies that balance the concerns of residents and the demands of the housing market by accommodating gentle density increases in a context-sensitive manner. From historic downtown neighborhoods to modern residential subdivisions, the tools presented can be used by planners throughout the country to implement housing policy through regulation.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
3 Zoning Changes That Make Residential Neighborhoods More Affordable
Zoning reform is one of our greatest weapons against rising housing costs. Here's how we can wield it.by: Robert LibertyAfter 100-plus years of prioritizing single-family zoning, cities and states are welcoming diverse housing types back to the neighborhood. -
Beyond Use Zoning: The Role of Deregulation in Housing Equity
Zoning Practice — May 2022by: John Zeanah, AICP May 01, 2022This issue of Zoning Practice explores how accessory use standards, dimensional standards, and building codes affect opportunities to build missing middle housing. And it highlights how Memphis and other cities are looking beyond use zoning to advance goals of housing equity in reforming codes and policies.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
A Room of One’s Own: Accessory Dwelling Unit Reforms and Local Parochialism
Urban Lawyer, 45(3): 519–569, 2013by: Margaret Brinig, Nicole GarnetThis article discusses the national trend in state and local regulations toward more permissive regulations for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and presents the findings of a study of local regulations in California. -
Accessory Dwelling Units: A Smart Growth Tool for Providing Affordable Housing
Housing News Network, August 2016by: Jaimie RossThis article provides a general overview of accessory dwelling units (ADUs), discusses potential regulatory barriers to ADUs and state efforts to promote ADUs in Florida, and includes considerations for local zoning ordinances. -
Accessory Housing Is Part of the Solution
Breakthroughs, January 2004This short article summarizes a number of common regulatory barriers to affordable housing. These barriers include process requirements, design standards, occupancy standards, and lot size and parking standards. -
The Great "Yes in My Back Yard" (YIMBY) Movement: Driven by the Gig Economy
Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, 29(1): 57-74, 2020by: Dwight Merriam, FAICPThis article explores increased interest in accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as one manifestation of the gig economy. -
Accessory Apartments for Today’s Communities
Planning Commissioners Journal, November/December 1991by: Patrick HareThis short article highlights the potential of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as an affordable housing strategy and briefly discusses common barriers to developing ADUs. -
Understanding and Appraising Properties with Accessory Dwelling Units
The Appraisal Journal, Spring 2012by: Martin Brown, Taylor WatkinsThis article describes challenges associated with appraising properties with accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and proposes an appraisal method based on income capitalization. -
Accessory Dwelling Units as Low-Income Housing: California’s Faustian Bargain
Urban Science, 2(3): 89, 2018by: Darrel Ramsey-MusolfThis article evaluates the efficacy of a California statute that permits cities and counties to count accessory dwelling units (ADUs) toward affordable housing production goals. -
New Hampshire Says Yes to ADUs
AARP Livable Communities, May 2018by: Peter MorelliThis article discusses how New Hampshire's zoning enabling law establishes minimum regulatory requirements for accessory dwelling units (ADUs). -
Two Houses in One For a Home Within a Home
AARP Livable Communities, October 2016by: Melissa StantonThis article profiles an award-winning design for a multigenerational home, which includes an integrated accessory dwelling unit with a kitchenette. -
Practice Gentle Density
Zoning Practice — February 2023This issue of Zoning Practice explores zoning strategies that balance the concerns of residents and the demands of the housing market by accommodating gentle density increases in a context-sensitive manner. From historic downtown neighborhoods to modern residential subdivisions, the tools presented can be used by planners throughout the country to implement housing policy through regulation. -
Zoning to Promote Garage Apartments
Zoning Practice — May 2018by: Anne Brown, Vinit Mukhija, Donald Shoup, FAICP May 01, 2018American cities have a large supply of garages that could be converted into affordable apartments, but off-street parking requirements often stand in the way. This issue of Zoning Practice details a proposal for zoning reforms to facilitate garage-to-apartment conversions.List price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00 -
ADUs to the Rescue?
In the fight to end the housing crisis, California is putting its money — and its legislation — on accessory dwelling units.February 01, 2020Five new California laws aim to reduce barriers to accessory dwelling units in single-family neighborhoods. -
The Commissioner — October 2018
In The Commissioner's October 2018 issue: "Seattle Fine-Tunes Backyard Cottages," "On Quasi-Judicial Decision Making," "A New Approach to Redistricting," and "History at Your Fingertips."List price$5.00Members & subscribers$0.00 -
Zoning for Accessory Housing
Zoning Practice — July 2012by: Thomas DanielsThis issue of Zoning Practice outlines a strategy for incorporating accessory housing standards into local zoning codes and highlights a few examples of communities where this approach has been effective.List Price$10.00ZP subscriber$0.00
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