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Backyard Homes Boom in These ZIP Codes—Here’s What’s Driving It

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)—like backyard cottages, coach homes, casitas, granny flats and other tiny homes—are no longer niche projects. A recent market analysis found U.S. homeowners spent over ...
Yahoo

How building more backyard homes, granny flats and in-law suites can help alleviate the housing crisis

To many people, the image of a nuclear family in a stand-alone house with a green lawn and white picket fence still represents a fulfillment of the American dream. However, this ideal is relatively ...
NBC Chicago

I built a backyard tiny home for $35,000—now I rent it out for $1,200/month to my sister: We ‘show up for each other'

In 2020, right in the thick of the pandemic, I decided to put a tiny home in my backyard. At the time, I was operating several short-term rentals in Atlanta, including rooms within my three-bedroom ...
New Haven Independent

6 Tiny Houses Built In Hill Backyard

Just under a dozen tents have been cleared from a backyard homeless encampment on Rosette Street to make space for six new “tiny homes,” the latest local experiment in providing emergency shelter to ...
Hoodline

Durham Rolls Dice On Backyard Tiny Homes In $1.75 Million Loan Pilot

According to the City of Durham, the ADU Loan Pilot will use $1.75 million from the Forever Home fund to provide construction ...