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Architecture Shaped by Nature: Inside the Austin Home Designed Around a Protected Oak

This Austin-based new home was 'entirely driven' by a protected oak on the land, and the results are a masterclass in easy-going elegance in a storied, character-rich space

Homes & Gardens

Minnesota Town Denies Family Permission To Build Affordable Housing Unit on Their Property

The Pepin family is suing the City of Blaine after the City Council used dubious reasoning to deny a permit for additional housing on their property.

Reason

The 'Montana Miracle' Vindicated in Court

On Monday, a Montana judge roundly rejected homeowners' legal challenge to new laws allowing duplexes and accessory dwelling units in single-family areas.

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California County Fines Man $120,000 for Refusing to Evict a Family From His Property

Plus, a look at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Tina Smith's plan to resurrect public housing in America.

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Are You Living in San Diego's 'Worst ADU'?

Plus: The feds come for RealPage, a YIMBY caucus comes to Congress, and tiny Rhode Island enacts a big slate of housing reforms.

Reason

New York's Broken Housing Court Lets Tenant Stay For Years Without Paying Rent

Plus: Austin and Salt Lake City pass very different "middle housing" reforms, Democrats in Congress want to ban hedge fund–owned rental housing, and a look at GOP presidential candidate's housing policy positions.

Reason

Technical difficulties push MetroMitra release to August end

On July 12, the Autorickshaw Drivers Union (ADU) announced the trial run of MetroMitra, a WhatsApp-based chatbot and application that facilitates first and last-mile connectivity between metro stations and homes at metre fares. However, multiple technical snags and their slow rectification have prolonged its trial run and delayed the release,…

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A prefab ADU behind a historic Hollywood hideaway allows generations to stay connected

LOS ANGELES -- Living in a 1,400-square-foot home, Xiyin Tang and Paul Laskow wanted more space for their growing family. Now, they have it: A 320-square-foot prefab accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, that extends their floor plan while preserving their historic 1936 Streamline Moderne home.

Los Angeles Times

Is Chicago ready to expand the coach house and basement unit program?

City officials and multiple alderpersons agree the Additional Dwelling Unit program deserves a boost. But amid political and logistical hurdles, they warn it will take time.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

The Conversation

She wanted more than a guesthouse for her sister. This tiny ADU in LA delivers

LOS ANGELES -- Bridget Bousa knew from the start that she wanted a functional home and not just a temporary guest house when she added an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, in her backyard.

Los Angeles Times

The Most Popular Police Reforms Can't Stop the Next Tyre Nichols From Being Killed. Here's What Might.

Plus: Minnesota moves to protect reproductive freedom, how government thwarts a relatively inexpensive housing option, and more…

Reason

Liz Weston: Will adding an accessory dwelling unit pay off?

Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are separate living spaces added to an existing home — typically on a single-family residential lot

The Independent UK

This company is looking to make building ADUs in Bay Area easier

Since 2017, California has passed a slew of laws aimed at making it easier for homeowners to build accessory dwelling units on their properties.

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City’s test of additional dwelling units finds most takers in gentrified wards

In the rollout of additional dwelling units, or ADUs, 83% are headed to Chicago’s North or Northwest sides with little activity in other areas.

The Denver Post

Everyone agrees accessory dwelling units can help Denver’s housing crunch. So why are so few being built?

They can bring housing density to Denver neighborhoods without the need to scrape away existing homes or drastically change the way those neighborhoods look.

Zenger

War Diaries: Unearthed RAF Log Book Reveals The Secrets Of World War Two’s Forgotten Heroes

A fascinating Royal Air Force log book revealing the secrets of World War Two’s forgotten heroes as well as a ‘rogues gallery’ of blacklisted personnel has been unearthed.

Los Angeles Times

How an aging Tudor's ADU reunited a family and brought them closer together

LOS ANGELES — Eight years ago, Rion Nakaya was living in Oakland with husband Michael Cosentino and their two children when her mother, Maggie, lost her partner of 37 years.

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How a struggling single mom built an ADU, without killing a 60-year-old tree

LOS ANGELES -- When Chantal Arnoult moved with her family to France in 2008, she had no idea she would return to Los Angeles four years later, divorced and unable to afford the home that she and her then-husband had purchased for $395,000 in 2002.

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