Tuning into @TernerHousing& #39;s webinar on Reaching California& #39;s ADU Potential

excited to hear about how we can take the successes of state ADU policy to the next level!
wow, ADU permitting & completions tripled statewide from 2018 to 2019!

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here& #39;s the geography of ADU construction in the Bay & LA

ADUs are more likely to be built in higher income neighborhoods, but also more likely to be built in less white neighborhoods

distribution by neighborhood opportunity varies by region
I& #39;m somewhat surprised that homeowners with a newer mortgage are more likely to add ADUs than homeowners with more established home equity

love to see those smaller lot ADUs (and shoutout to @markasaurus for those multi-family ADUs)
financing was cited by as the biggest barrier to construction for homeowners
policy recommendations to improve ADU financing

pour a little out for AB 69 & SB 1120

need for more education & awareness outreach as well, especially to lower income homeowners, as well as technical assistance to local staff & expansion of pre-approved ADU prototypes
bonus research on attitudes toward missing middle housing: small suburbs are the most resistant
Karen Chapple& #39;s presentation concluded, now on to Denise Pinkston of @CasitaCoalition, moderating a panel discussion with Steve Vallejos (prefab ADU builder extraordinaire), Erik Preston from Habitat, and Gary Geiler from the City of San Diego
Steve Vallejos: "6 bills related to ADUs last year removed a tremendous number of barriers" that should position the state for further ADU growth on the other side of the pandemic
Erik from @HabitatCA: "our goal is to make the [ADU] process as simple & as turnkey as possible"
Denise: need to make this process "less like buying a quarter million dollar asset & more like taking out a car loan"
Gary from San Diego: "went above & beyond what the state required in 2017
 went to an over the counter model" & did a lot of outreach via neighborhood associations, chambers of commerce, "very robust website", etc
Gary: mentioned some obstacles in the Coastal Zone, working on batched processing of a pre-approved ADU design

Denise: do you have handout about your best practices for other cities to copy?

Gary: yeah, we& #39;ve got a great website; outreach to community groups is essential
Denise: "a low [construction] cost solves some financing problems"

Gary now talking about tiny homes (on wheels) ordinance in San Diego cc @alfred_twu

cost range of just $40-50k, wow!
Erik (Habitat): "two straightforward type of financing: if you& #39;re fortunate enough to have the liquid assets, you can finance it out of your checking account; or if you have a lot of home equity, you can use a HELOC"

but hard even for high income new homeowners with good credit
for homeowners who bought recently, not enough equity to back a loan that covers ADU costs

appraisal methodologies can be an obstacle here (more comps coming onto market will help); Fannie & Freddie updated standards recently, more consistent training needed
Denise: "when the barrier was land use, you couldn& #39;t build an ADU because it wasn& #39;t legal, nobody could see through to the ecosystem of building & financing for what challenges would be
 now encountering those next gen problems"
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