A young woman builds three tiny homes in his backyard, rents them out, and earns over $5,000 in income

Karas got to work, building two ADUs stacked on top of each other, a furnished manufactured home, and a tiny house in her ...
MyNorthwest.com

Ruling lets Seattle move forward with plans to expand backyard cottages

A legal ruling Monday allows Seattle City Council to loosen restrictions on property owners looking to build accessory dwelling units. A hearing examiner determined an environmental review from the ...
Fast Company

In California, a new law could help you get a starter home—in someone else’s backyard

A few years ago, when Joyce Higashi decided to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in her backyard in San Jose, California, she saw it as a passive source of income. She had a large lot, so the new ...
Palo Alto Weekly

From elevators to a foundation designed around a pecan tree, see the creative ways homeowners are adding backyard cottages to their lots

Menlo Park author Lydia Lee with her new book, “The Well-designed Accessory Dwelling Unit: Fitting Great Architecture into Small Spaces” during a visit to a Peninsula ADU featured in the book. Photo ...
Yahoo

This boomer ex-mayor lives in an $1,800-a-month 400-square-foot backyard cottage in her California suburb

Backyard cottages, or ADUs, are affordable housing options in expensive neighborhoods. Landry enjoys the freedom of renting and values her close relationship with her landlord. What if the mayor lived ...