National REITs like Avalon Bay Communities and local investor-operators have completed many ADU projects, are pleased with the results, and plan to keep building more.

Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with ... Nestled into a hillside at the base of Tilden Regional Park in Orinda, California, the L-shaped ADU balances a small footprint with ...

Assembly Bill 1332, Pre-Approved ADU Plans, requires all cities and municipalities in California to develop a program for the preapproval of ADU plans, by January 1, 2025. Additionally, the local ...

Since 2017, the California state Legislature has passed several bills lowering the ADU building barriers ... Abodu, based in Redwood City, offers pre-manufactured ADUs that start at $228,800 ...

In housing-strapped Los Angeles, a single mom adds an ADU to accommodate her three teenagers and aging parents.

Impact Link Newlyweds Aislyn and Ali Benjamin felt they couldn't afford to buy a traditional property in their corner of California ... an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU. They now live in ...

In 2017, after California began to relax some of its zoning mandates, we put in a request to our city's planning department to build an ADU, and they granted approval. We did months of research ...

For those who want to see how prefab homes are actually put together, ADU provider Prefab ADU will hold a live construction demonstration of their panelized home kit at the event’s free Info Hub ...

The ADU market is booming, with states like California and New York offering ... To compare, Wheelhouse's high-end prefab tiny homes on wheels start at $175,000. Handier folks can also buy build ...

In California, where most backyard homes are built, permits can cost anywhere from $450 to $15,000, according to Backyard Unlimited, a company that builds ADUs. In October 2022, the Benjamins began ...