There is new housing help in Sacramento with the city now offering free architectural designs, permit-approved, to build on your property. You can download the plans straight from the city website. The aim is to increase housing across the city. — CBS Sacramento
The available architectural plans are for accessory dwelling units (ADUs). In this instance, they will come in three forms: studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units. This move by Sacramento is meant to address the city’s housing crisis by providing property owners an incentive to build and offer space for those in need of a home. As noted by Garret Norman, a senior planner with Sacramento, this plan aims to save costs and time due to not needing to hire designers or going through the normal review process.
Constructing more ADUs is a major element in Sacramento’s goal to create 45,000 new housing units over the next seven years. The city is currently falling behind state guidelines that require more than 5,600 new homes to be built each year.
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The government giving away drawings for free isn't really good news for anyone that needs to earn a living doing architecture. The designer should be getting a payment every time some builds one of these ADUs, but I doubt that's what is happening.
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