RESOURCES
WHY ADUs IN THE HOUSING CRISIS
“There isn’t a place to gather. We can’t walk down the street to run into old friends,” relates Rayceen Pendarvis of Washington, DC. The safe, social networks of communities are being fractured due to rising rents. Individuals on fixed-income and older-adults are at great risk of homelessness; and our working populations are traveling longer distances to their place of employment. The housing shortage has resulted in a homelessness crisis in the Bay Area, where there are over 5,600 sheltered and un-sheltered individuals living on the streets of Oakland.
CALIFORNIA: NAPA/SONOMA COUNTY
GENERATION HOUSING (GEN H)
GEN H has an inspiring new VISION of housing and quality of life in Sonoma County. Advocating for and supporting the ACTION to build the housing our community needs to thrive.
CALIFORNIA: SILICON VALLEY
SMALL HOMES, BIG IMPACT (GEN H)
Building homes that more of our neighbors can afford is essential to all who live and work in our communities.
FINANCING YOUR ADU
The financial assistance program will consist of a three year construction loan made by Housing Trust. The loan will be a second mortgage for a 36-month term at a competitive interest rate, and is available in June 2020.
CHICAGO
SMALL HOMES, BIG IMPACT (GEN H)
If adopted, the new ADU ordinance — O2020-2650 — would take effect on August 1, 2020. That happens to be the same time when the 2019 Chicago Building Code — based on IBC 2018 — becomes mandatory for all renovation and new construction projects.
READ: How ADUs could transform Chicago into a more affordable, accessible place to live
NATIONAL
We are eternally grateful for AARP's sponsorship to creating this in-depth manual discussion of four cities - Austin, Denver, Oakland and Washington, DC.