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Op-ed: Berkeley should ease parking rules for in-law units
Before and after shots of an accessory dwelling unit after remodeling. Photo: Patricia Motzkin Architecture As we know, our population is aging and more people are confronting the need to plan for...
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Officials to relax rules for Berkeley ‘granny flats’
An accessory dwelling unit on Virginia Street. Photo: Frameworks Berkeley officials voted unanimously Tuesday night to streamline the process for homeowners who want to add secondary units — sometimes...
View ArticleOp-ed: Why Airbnb is so popular among Berkeley homeowners (A cautionary tale...
Berkeley City Council is attempting to promote creation of long-term housing by reducing restrictions on “granny flats” and “accessory dwelling units” (ADU’s). The state of California similarly has...
View ArticleOp-ed: Council must adequately regulate short term rentals to protect...
Tonight the Berkeley City Council will vote on legalizing and regulating short-term rentals, defined as rentals which last for less than fourteen days. Currently, such rentals are illegal in Berkeley,...
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Home Truths: Should you add an Accessory Dwelling Unit to your home?
[Sponsored:] Besides helping with the Bay Area’s housing shortage, there are all sorts of other reasons to add an ADU to your property. The post Home Truths: Should you add an Accessory Dwelling Unit...
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New laws make it even easier to build backyard cottages in Berkeley
Berkeley's ordinance on accessory dwelling units is now up to state code and more lenient than it used to be. The post New laws make it even easier to build backyard cottages in Berkeley appeared first...
View ArticleOpinion: ADUs present an innovative way to create affordable housing
Accessory Dwelling Units are a grassroots solution to our housing affordability crisis. Berkeley now needs to create new models of housing policy to accommodate them. The post Opinion: ADUs present an...
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Real Estate Wrap: Community meeting on ADUs; Berkeley a ‘best city’; Leola...
Accessory dwelling units are under discussion at a town hall in Berkeley tonight, a city that is highly livable according to a new ranking. Plus: a Craftsman beauty for grabs. The post Real Estate...
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Berkeley prepares for potential repeal of Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act
Which properties would become rent-controlled after a repeal, and which would be exempt? Berkeley voters could make the call in November. The post Berkeley prepares for potential repeal of Costa...
View ArticleOp-ed: Berkeley should ease parking rules for in-law units
As we know, our population is aging and more people are confronting the need to plan for appropriate living arrangements. An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), either for a caretaker’s apartment or as a...
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Officials to relax rules for Berkeley ‘granny flats’
Berkeley officials voted unanimously Tuesday night to streamline the process for homeowners who want to add secondary units — sometimes called in-law units or granny flats — to their properties....
View ArticleOp-ed: Why Airbnb is so popular among Berkeley homeowners (A cautionary tale...
Berkeley City Council is attempting to promote creation of long-term housing by reducing restrictions on “granny flats” and “accessory dwelling units” (ADU’s). The state of California similarly has...
View ArticleOp-ed: Council must adequately regulate short term rentals to protect...
Tonight the Berkeley City Council will vote on legalizing and regulating short-term rentals, defined as rentals which last for less than fourteen days. Currently, such rentals are illegal in Berkeley,...
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Home Truths: Should you add an Accessory Dwelling Unit to your home?
[Sponsored:] Besides helping with the Bay Area’s housing shortage, there are all sorts of other reasons to add an ADU to your property.
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New laws make it even easier to build backyard cottages in Berkeley
Berkeley's ordinance on accessory dwelling units is now up to state code and more lenient than it used to be.
View ArticleOpinion: ADUs present an innovative way to create affordable housing
Accessory Dwelling Units are a grassroots solution to our housing affordability crisis. Berkeley now needs to create new models of housing policy to accommodate them.
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Real Estate Wrap: Community meeting on ADUs; Berkeley a ‘best city’; Leola...
Accessory dwelling units are under discussion at a town hall in Berkeley tonight, a city that is highly livable according to a new ranking. Plus: a Craftsman beauty for grabs.
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Berkeley prepares for potential repeal of Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act
Which properties would become rent-controlled after a repeal, and which would be exempt? Berkeley voters could make the call in November.
View ArticleOpinion: Berkeley could be about to unleash a disaster regarding ADUs
Council will vote tonight to give purview over the tenant/landlord relationship for ADUs to the Rent Board. This would stop ADU development being built for rentals in its tracks.
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Despite relaxed laws, building an accessory dwelling unit in Berkeley can...
State and city laws have made it easier, in theory, to build backyard cottages in Berkeley. In practice planners sometimes seem to need to catch up with the new regulations.
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