Accessory Dwellings
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Portland small home survey
Attention: If you are seeking the Oregon DEQ, Metro, and accessorydwellings.org survey being conducted in June, 2013, please visit http://adusurvey.org/
From garage lofts, to backyard cottages, to yurts, to cute cabins on wheels, Portland neighborhoods are teeming with little homes of all sorts. But these gems tend to be tucked away from public view, so prospective builders rarely have a chance to learn from the experience of others.
Lots of folks are seeking ideas and inspiration for their own mini home projects, and a local group of small home enthusiasts is hoping to raise awareness about the benefits of accessory dwellings and tiny homes.
Hence our little project to start an informal inventory of local small homes through a couple on-line surveys. We hope information collected from this project can serve as the basis for future small home tours (like the PedalPalooza tiny home bike rides from a couple years ago) and on-line sharing of images, plans and stories about these charming little dwellings.
To receive updates on tiny home tours, policy work, and events, please sign up here (whether or not you have a tiny home).
If you’ve built and/or live in a small home, we hope you’ll take a few minutes to fill out one of the following on-line surveys that best matches your situation:
- Tiny house survey: For homes under ~200sq.ft. These are typically un-permitted, sometimes on wheels, and may or may not be totally self-sufficient (ie. kitchen, bath)
- Accessory dwelling survey: For homes between 200sq.ft. and 800sq.ft. These are not mobile and are often (but not always) permitted as accessory dwelling units. They usually have a kitchen, bathroom, sleeping area, and separate entrance.
Finally, if you know people with tiny and small homes, please share this web page!
Cheers,
– Eli Spevak, Orange Splot LLC and
Lina Menard, graduate student, PSU urban planning program
P.S. Three lucky respondents will be randomly selected on Dec. 21st to receive copies of Daniel Pinkwater’s The Big Orange Splot, just enough time for you to read, wrap, and re-gift it to someone else!
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ADU’s around the web
- Accessory Dwelling Unit code amendment adopted by Mayor and Council - City of Tucson
- New Transit Oriented Development code encourages Accessory Dwelling Units in some parts of Omaha - KETV Omaha
- Changes to Accessory Dwelling Unit Rules Approved - Good Times Weekly
- Menifee soon to offer permit-ready plans for accessory dwelling units - Valley News
- “Granny flats” in play as landlords debate potential new rules on basement units - The Real Deal
- Broomfield’s first legal accessory dwelling unit is now a home - Boulder Daily Camera
- Want to jump on the ‘granny flat’ trend? This company was created to help - LA Daily News
- Accessory Dwelling Units | Cottonwood Heights, UT - Cottonwood Heights
- City of Eugene offering free pre-approved plans for accessory dwelling units - The Register-Guard
- Oak Park Plan Commission approves 'granny flats,' or accessory dwelling units, but not in basements or attics - Chicago Tribune
- ADUs will bring traffic, noise to Lexington neighborhoods. Council should vote no. - Lexington Herald Leader
- Crescent City Planning Commission conducts 'granny flat' workshop - The Triplicate
- $25K grants target low-income homeowners for granny flat construction - The Real Deal
- Oak Park Plan Commission poised to recommend accessory dwelling units - Wednesday Journal
- Granny Flat in Your Future? ADU Options During the Housing Crisis - ISI - Idaho Senior Independent
