BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The city of Arvin announced on Facebook it is providing pre-designed plans for homeowners interested in building an accessory dwelling unit. The plans, which have been pre ...
A mail-order catalog in the late 1800s could easily lead to a home purchase. Sears, Roebuck and Company offered five-bedroom Craftsman-style homes — complete with lumber, siding, windows, doors, ...
Preapproved plans trim weeks or months off the process of getting a building permit. “Every month of delay adds costs that ...
Blaine allowed accessory dwelling units. But when a resident asked to build one for a homeless family, the City Council hit pause on the idea. Looking at ways to allow more affordable housing, the ...
Proposing new homes in existing neighborhoods once amounted to political suicide for local officials. Today, politicians can’t get enough of accessory dwelling units (ADUs): small backyard and ...
The City of Flagstaff has launched its Model Plans Library for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) following a yearlong solicitation and evaluation process that produced a set of 10 pre-approved designs ...
After months of delays, the Chicago suburb of Evanston is moving forward with a blueprint for a housing policy that’s ...
JAMES ISLAND — As housing only gets more expensive across the Charleston area, the town is working to add accessory dwelling units as additional housing stock. An accessory dwelling unit is a smaller, ...