Читать книгу The Tiny House Handbook - Charlie Wing - Страница 20

The ADU offers a host of housing solutions:

 Older homeowners would rather age in place than be shipped off to a prohibitively expensive assisted living or nursing facility. Grandma and Grandpa can enjoy their last years at home and in the old neighborhood while their children take over the family residence.

 Young singles and couples, often saddled with college debt, can live for little or nothing while saving up for the downpayment on their first home.

 When family members no longer require the ADU, it can provide rental income to the homeowners, possibly paying the mortgage.

 In this age of decreasing housing availability and increasing cost, cities and towns are beginning to view ADUs as solutions without changing the physical character of neighborhoods.

 Finally, the great unspoken issue with tiny homes is where to put them. Even when zoning permits, the costs of land and site services usually equal or exceed the cost of the building itself. With an ADU the cost for the site is zero, and the costs of extending the already existing site services is minimal.