Posts Tagged ‘adu’
ADU Academy
ADU Academy is an educational event about ADUs for industry professionals.
Read MoreSacramento Mayor Calls for Tiny House Acceptance & Mass Production
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg wants to spend 30 million to jumpstart the rapid production of tiny homes. Mayor Steinberg sees tiny housing as an opportunity to quickly and more affordable address dire housing shortages, sky-rocketing costs, fire devastation, and the expansive homeless population. “My hope is that with a little bit of financial incentive, hopefully…
Read MoreBuild Small Live Large: National Housing Summit
A forward-thinking national housing summit focused on producing more livable cities full of smaller, more diverse, and more affordable homes.
Read MoreCity of San Diego Takes a BIG Step Forward on Tiny House Zoning
The 8th Largest City in the US Moves Closer to Allowing Movable Tiny Houses On October 10th, the Land Use and Housing Council Committee voted unanimously to direct City Attorney to draft an amendment to San Diego’s municipal code that would allow movable tiny houses as ADU’s, aka accessory dwelling units. Update from lead advocate,…
Read MoreADU 101 and Impeccably Designed Portland ADU Tour
ADUs, Urban Infill Housing at its Best – How Do Tiny Houses Fit In? Meet Kol Peterson, a well-respected accessory dwelling unit expert in Portland, OR and author of the “Backdoor Revolution: The Definitive Guide to ADU Development.” He and his wife built a beautifully designed ADU, their dream home. It’s 800 square feet, or…
Read MoreCity of LA Moves Forward with Tiny House Zoning: Another Hurdle Cleared
After Six Months of Waiting, LA Ready to Vote on ADU Ordinance, includes Movable Tiny Houses 6/12/19 Update from Dan Fitzpatrick, American Tiny House Association Director of Government Relations and Advocacy: “Council Committee Update: The LA Council land use committee gave direction to make several amendments to the ADU ordinance and bring it back to the…
Read MoreAuburn, MA Votes to Allow THOWs as Caretaker ADUs
Update 5/8/19: Tiny House Zoning Bylaw Passes in Annual Town Meeting After a months-long and town-wide advocacy campaign, the town of Great Barrington approved an accessory dwelling unit zoning bylaw that includes movable tiny houses. Now it goes to the Massachusetts Attorney General, Maura Healey, to be signed. The AG is anticipated to sign it, as…
Read MoreGreat Barrington, MA Votes to Allow Movable Tiny Houses as ADUs
Update 4/26/19: Tiny House Zoning Bylaw to be Voted on at Annual Town Meeting In support of the movable tiny houses zoning amendment, local advocates with the American Tiny House Association and B&B Micro Manufacturing are hosting a tiny house open house on Sunday, May 5th. Details available here. 3/11/19: The proposed tiny house…
Read MoreLongwood, FL Moves Forward with Tiny House Community Land Use Ordinance
A Tiny House Community Could Be Next The City Commissioners in Longwood voted unanimously to welcome a tiny home neighborhood to the city— tiny houses on foundation only. Cornerstone Tiny Homes is now working to find land for the first community development. On March 23, they are hosting a tiny house open house in Longwood.…
Read MoreCity of Bend, OR Considers Allowing THOWs as ADUs
The city of Bend is actively looking into zoning language that would allow movable tiny houses as residences in accessory dwelling situations. There has been pressure on the city to come up with a solution after a young family was recently informed they had a mere ten days to vacate their tiny house on wheels.…
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