A new state law that went into effect on Sunday allows property owners across Massachusetts to build accessory dwelling units, or ADUs — small, secondary homes that may be attached or detached from ...

Before making plans for a small dwelling for one or two people in your backyard, check your state and local ordinances. If the answer is you can build one, the next question is, should you add a ...

Architect Susan Nwankpa Gillespie designed the exterior of the second floor of the ADU with kente cloth in mind. Part of the ...

A new state law that just went into effect allows property owners across Massachusetts to build accessory dwelling units ...

BOSTON — Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are now permitted by-right statewide in Massachusetts thanks to the Healey-Driscoll ...

The City Planning Department is drafting an accessory dwelling units (ADUs) law that works for the city and is best for the ...

John Erwin of John Erwin Remodeling currently is building a 600-square-foot ADU near Rainier Vista Park in Lacey. He says his ...

BOSTON — Starting Sunday, accessory dwelling units will be allowed by right in single-family ... which was on Aug. 6, to allow the small, independent living spaces to be built on the same property as ...

Philip Dromey, the deputy director of planning for the city, shares the new state law around accessory dwelling units, which ...

While staff suggested that loosening the rules around equipment could allow for more flexibility for accessory dwelling units on small lots ... The commission plans to continue its discussion ...

However, once rules associated with House Bill 1337 are adopted by June 30, it would be considered an ADU. That legislation ... often feature a relatively small home on a large lot.