Our mission is to help homeowners build homes and build communities with ADUs and other laws (like SB 9!)
There’s a new lending product from one of the pre-approved lenders that will allow homeowners to get the $40,000 ADU grant, without ruining their current mortgage.
This article will tell you exactly how to inquire, and explain some details to make sure this is a good product for you to look at.
Read More“California Comeback Plan funds new $100 million grant program for low- to moderate-income homeowners to build accessory dwelling units”
Read MoreAccessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are incredibly versatile tools so this is a long list of the most popular uses we see for ADUs in California.
This list covers nine specific ways people use their ADUs, based on hundreds of conversations I’ve had with homeowners. The list ranges from the very obvious (example: housing your mother-in-law in the in-law suite) to more surprising uses (example: downsizing to an ADU so you can rent out the main house and travel the world during your retirement).
Read More“Tthe launch of the first and only 0% interest loan for accessory dwelling units (ADU) on the market. The San Jose Scaling Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) pilot program will provide 20-30 qualifying applicants a 0% interest loan for six months to finance 100% of the costs associated with permitting and building an ADU.“
Read MoreADU Marin is a new partnership between 10 local cities and towns and the county of Marin.
They’re launching a lot of free ADU resources to guide homeowners through the process of planning and building an Accessory Dwelling Unit.
As I understand, this was paid for with SB 2 grants from the state of California which explains why it’s free for you!
Read MoreImproving the housing availability in California is more important than ever. And despite all the setbacks and challenges in 2020, thousands of homeowners are rising to the occasion and building their ADUs.
This post goes over some of the newest programs to launch to help ADU development and adoption around the state, and it goes into some of the big milestones we’re crossing.
Read MoreThese blogs are written from the perspective of real homeowners who actually built Accessory Dwelling Units (or are trying to build one!)
I love linking to good objective educational resources about Accessory Dwelling Units, and the truth is that some of our favorite content comes directly from homeowners who have tried building their own ADUs.
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