ADU, Tiny Home & Zoning Change Watch

Why this is recommended

A fee waiver worth $10,000, a pre-approved plan that cuts permit time from nine months to weeks, or a $40,000 ADU grant program with a first-come deadline each dwarfs the fee.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The 1 million homeowners considering an ADU for rental income or family, and the buyers looking at tiny homes and manufactured housing.

When it runs

State ADU laws take effect January 1, cities adopt zoning changes at council votes, and pre-approved plan programs open on fixed dates

Scope

State legislatures, especially California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Arizona, Montana, Vermont and Massachusetts; city planning departments in the 100 largest cities; CalHFA and state ADU grant programs; HUD manufactured housing rules; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ADU lending rules

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

State and city ADU legalization, permit streamlining and fee waiver changes, pre-approved ADU plan programs, tiny home and manufactured home placement rules, lot split and duplex-by-right laws, ADU financing and grant programs, short-term rental restrictions on ADUs, and impact fee changes, with the state or city first.

Track ADU and zoning changes for US homeowners and buyers. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: state and city laws legalizing or streamlining ADUs, lot splits, duplexes and triplexes with effective dates; ADU permit fee waivers, impact fee changes and pre-approved plan programs; state and local ADU grant, loan and financing programs with amounts and deadlines; tiny home, manufactured home and modular placement rule changes; Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA ADU lending changes; HUD manufactured housing code changes; and short-term rental restrictions specific to ADUs. Prefer legislative, planning department, housing finance agency and GSE sources; ignore builder marketing. Put the state or city first in the title. Use high severity for a grant with a deadline within 30 days, a fee waiver over $5,000, or a law taking effect within 60 days. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who qualifies, the deadline, the first step, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.