More accessory dwelling units were built in 2025, but builders still have to wade through town-by-town policies.

Across Massachusetts, interest in building accessory dwelling units is gaining momentum. These small backyard cottages, basement apartments or attached flats can house aging parents, adult children, ...

Nearly half — 48% — of all new housing units permitted in San Mateo County last year were accessory dwelling units. This is more the double the statewide rate. As ...

Shalini Karnani Bonjour, 50, is building an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in her backyard so she can care for her mother ...

By standardizing rules for things like septic systems and setbacks, state legislators could also help revive our anemic ...

San Diego Contractors Have a Narrow Window Before El Nino Turns a Wet Winter Into a Costly One Pauma Valley, United ...

Designed by architect Wallace Neff, the property was built by molding chicken wire and spray concrete around a large inflated ...

WOBURN - With both Building Commissioner Thomas Quinn and City Solicitor Mark Salvati recently confirming the Hammond Square property’s status as a legal three-family residence, members of the City Co ...

The state’s ADU zoning reform achieved “more in one year than 50 years of local reform did” — but confusing town-by-town ...

This tiny house is simply named “Extension” – not glamorous, but a fair indication of its primary role. This is the kind of companion on wheels that most people today need, whether for a separate ...

Kevin updates the Walpole Ranch and ADU then visits an attic conversion ADU in Dorchester. Kevin O'Connor digs into the ADU's progress with a code-rated firewall, insulation, and fire damper in a ...

NORWALK — After moving back into the Norwalk home he grew up in, Todd Ackert hopes to stay on the property with his aging parents by building an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU. “I have recently moved ...