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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. What is an ADU? Bathroom and full kitchen facilities can either be shared with the rest of the home or be exclusive to the JADU.)

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What Should Home Owners Be Aware Of Before Purchasing or Renovating a Home?

Aric Gitomer Architect

Understand the Local Regulations. From the homebuyers’ perspective, you must ensure to find out about the local regulations. Ignoring building regulations could dampen your plans of adding an extension or renovation in the future. This specifically includes the planning regulations and overhead taxes. are a must.

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AIA: Crowd-funding shows promise for financing real estate projects

BD+C

Under the long-delayed "crowdfunding” regulations, small firms could sell shares through online "portals," where thousands of investors could pore over the business plans of small companies and choose promising investments. read more.

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Oslo Works perches The Hotspot sauna on coast of Norway

Deezen

It is the latest addition to the growing number of communal saunas in the region, which Oslo Works said are typically created by local communities coming together to finance and build them. People are putting their forces together in order to finance, build and share hothouse all along the shore."

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Meeting BC’s Climate Commitments

Westeck News

low-Interest Financing Program provides loans with interest rates as low as 0% for switching from fossil fuel heating systems to heat pumps. The Province will proceed with the next steps on a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, an alternative financing option to help building owners invest in energy retrofits B.C.

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GM and Bedrock seek to demolish skyscrapers surrounding Detroit's tallest building

Deezen

Bedrock said that it and GM have both pledged the "majority" of funds for the redevelopment, but that it will look to public funds to finance the remainder. This will require approval by local legislatures and regulators.

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How Design Professionals Can Find the North Star in the Fog of Upheaval

Community Architect

Professionals who are guided not only by rules, codes, and regulations but also by societal values. No matter how many reforms and adjustments we need, we should respect the efforts of others and in reforming regulations work with what generations before us refined over time. Knowledge cannot be undone.