Backyard cottages typically provide affordable housing in already developed neighborhoods. They’re one way Boise city leaders hope to rein in runaway rents and house prices.
On Tuesday, the Boise City Council voted unanimously to relax city regulations on these units to encourage more density and affordable housing.
— idahostatesman.com
Bigger and better Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) are headed to Boise, Idaho, where city officials have embraced a series of measures that could spur the development of new ADUs in the city. ADUs, for example, will now be able to include up to two bedrooms and up to 700 square feet of interior space. Parking restrictions have been lifted for one-bedroom and studio ADUs, as well.
Speaking in support of the new regulations, Holli Woodings, a Boise resident, told the City Council there, “It’s a way to build affordability, to build density and to allow folks to make a little bit of extra money off their properties.” She added, “I want to keep looking at how we can do things to encourage more than one dwelling per parcel.”
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This is nice
I’m glad to see problems being addressed by shrinking govt.
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