Recently, a bipartisan bill led by local Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA) and Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY) was introduced to legislation to amend the National Housing Act. The bill directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (or "the HUD") to establish a program to insure second liens, secured against property, are funded specifically...
In any home improvement or development project, securing the right financing is crucial. Late Summer and Fall is a great time to start planning and designing your ADU before the next construction cycle, and, before cities and staff get swamped with re-writing their municipal codes in order to comply with new laws that take effect every January 1st....
If you are an advocate of affordable housing, then you need to know about an impactful California Bill that was made into law recently. This law is AB 1033, also known as the new, "ADU Condo Law."
There is an obscure little-known California state law, AB 670, that was enacted January 1, 2020 along with a "wave" of other, more popular ADU state laws such as AB 68 (Ting), AB 881 (Bloom), and SB 13 (Wieckowski). AB 670 fostered in Civil Code Section 4751 to make a provision in a common interest development's (HOA's) governing documents "void"...
Short answer: as soon as possible. Once you've completed "STEP ONE," and, confirmed what type of unit you can build on your property (whether it be a garage conversion, detached ADU, a JADU, and/or other accessory dwelling), it is time to take the next step: call an "experienced" ADU provider and schedule a site inspection. I use the term...
Back in 2017 and 2018, when Accessory Dwelling Units began their meteoric rise, I was getting calls from so-called vendors on how their software could tell a property owner whether or not they could build an ADU on their lot. "How much does this service cost?" I would ask.