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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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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

BD+C

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units. million units.

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

Aric Gitomer Architect

On several occasions, residential architects try to guide prospective homebuyers about the process. 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.

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AB 1033 Will Allow Condoization of ADUs

Santa Cruz Architect

AB 1033, drafted by Assembly member Phil Ting, proposes to to allow the sale and condoization of ADUs built on a residential property. AB 1033 would also be advantageous to current homeowners who could use the sale of an ADU to help finance its construction. What Is Condoization? Unlike high density (e.g., ADUs, duplexes, etc.)

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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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GBBN creates set of housing blocks that reinterpret historic fabric of Cincinnati

Deezen

The building on Republic is nestled between smaller neighbours Completed in 2022, the three buildings – on Vine, Republic, and Pleasant Streets – total 73,000 square feet (6,800 square metres) and include mixed-income residential housing and retail space.

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Campus Protests Are Revealing the Precarity of Student Housing

Dwell

In small college towns where off-campus living is scarce, or in places like New York City, where thousands of dollars a year in residential fees (often paid partially by student loans) may be more affordable than off-campus housing, expulsion from campus residences can be life-altering. This isn’t necessarily novel—student housing is fragile.

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