California's housing crisis has innovators thinking outside the box to come up with solutions from many angles. In Palo Alto, one architect has a novel plan to help multigenerational households.
Accessory dwelling units have become popular as new state laws have made it easier to get permits for ADU's. But many families find that option to be too expensive. One group in the South Bay is making housing more affordable, by offering up a service, free of charge.
It could be the solution for Mele Heimuli's family living in East Palo Alto. She wants to build an affordable A-D-U after her brother's family, mother, and grandmother shared a small living space for too long, before her death.The number of Americans living in multigenerational family households in 2021 is about four times larger than it was in the 70's according to the Pew Research Center.
"I started to wonder how can legal garage conversions become the most affordable and accessible form of housing solution in the Bay Area," said Ouyang.
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