Eager to boost the supply of affordable housing, city officials in Long Beach devised a program that could help a limited number of homeowners build an extra unit on their land. But before they could ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego is reversing course on years of lenient housing policy by capping how many backyard homes—known as accessory dwelling units, or ADUs—can be built on single-family lots. While the ...

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Long Beach has launched its pilot program to help homeowners build accessory dwelling units – or ADUs – on their properties. The program, called the Backyard Builders Program, will provide Long Beach ...

Just as San Diego prepares to cap the number of backyard apartments that can be built on a property at seven, a developer is pursuing a project featuring 120 backyard apartments on two adjacent single ...

Long Beach has officially launched pre-approved designs and construction plans for accessory dwelling units, the city announced this week — a move meant to streamline the ADU production process and ...