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Updated ADU Laws: SB 897 and HCD’s ADU Handbook

Santa Cruz Architect

Just recently, Freddie Mac updated their ADU financing options and CalHFA extended their ADU Grant Program to help even more homeowners build backyard homes. While the Senate voted to pass the law, it will need to be re-reviewed by the Committee on Governance and Finance before it can be passed into law. Retroactive Permitting.

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Update: City of Santa Cruz ADU Regulations

Santa Cruz Architect

The State of California has a recognized housing shortage, with the result that both Sacramento and local municipalities throughout California have made myriad recent changes to the regulations governing ADUs. Permits For ADUs Although all ADUs require a building permit, no discretionary approvals (i.e.

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Senate Bill 9: A Game Changer in California’s Housing Landscape

Santa Cruz Architect

This transformation aims to simplify and expedite the permitting process, making it more accessible for homeowners to expand their properties with additional housing units. However, local governments retain the authority to impose objective design standards and limitations as long as they align with the state law’s requirements.

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Everybody wants a 3 bedroom condo until they see what they cost

Brandon Donnelly

Ratcheting down or eliminating development charges (and other government levies) on larger suites is one of them. Instead, the rough process should be: buy site, work on permit drawings, and start marketing new homes. Financing new family-sized homes The way we finance new homes impacts the kind of housing that gets built.

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HarborPlace: How not to make a deal

Community Architect Daily

"The full weight of city government is ready to make this a reality. The bills are intended to create the zoning necessary to permit the proposed size of the project which cannot be built with the existing Urban Renewal Plan and current zoning in place. This gives everyone a chance to mull this over.

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Reduce, re-use, re-imagine: How to slow climate change by slowing urban sprawl by Keith Walzak, Director at Cushing Terrell

aasarchitecture

Findings from the report — approved by 195 governments and based on more than 14,000 studies — also showed that aggressive, rapid, and widespread cuts to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, if they begin immediately, could limit warming beyond 2050. This is where a variety of experiences and expertise comes into play. Greyhound Mixed-Use.

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Competitions: Tender for Schematic Design and Foundation Pit Design of CGN New Research Center Pre-qualification Announcement

Bustler

The project funding is self-financed by the enterprise itself. Provide design consultation to the owner and government authorities. Other Requirement: (1) A consortium applicant (hereinafter referred to as the consortium) is permitted. CGN-202203170005) has been approved by the record-filing authority.