Tag: ADU

ADU articles

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  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.

  Apr 15, 2024
  April 15, 2024

  Daniel Malarkey

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danielmalarkey/

  
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  Unlock Middle Housing with Parking Reform

  As long as parking is required, smaller, lower-cost homes are still illegal.

  Mar 18, 2024
  March 18, 2024

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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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.

  Jun 9, 2023
  June 9, 2023

  Daniel Malarkey

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danielmalarkey/

  
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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.

  May 9, 2023
  May 9, 2023

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  How the Washington Legislature Burst the Housing Abundance Dam

  Making 2023 the year of reform.

  May 8, 2023
  May 8, 2023

  Dan Bertolet

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/

  

  Senior Director, Housing and Cities
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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.

  Mar 17, 2023
  March 17, 2023

  Jeannette Lee

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/jeannette-lee/

  

  Alaska Research Director
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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.

  Jan 21, 2023
  January 21, 2023

  Dan Bertolet

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/

  

  Senior Director, Housing and Cities
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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.

  Apr 12, 2022
  April 12, 2022

  Sightline Editor

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/sightline-editor/

  
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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.

  Jan 9, 2022
  January 9, 2022

  Dan Bertolet

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/

  

  Senior Director, Housing and Cities
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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.

  Jan 5, 2022
  January 5, 2022

  Michael Andersen

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

  

  Director, Cities and Towns
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