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ADDING IT UP

ADDING IN-LAW UNITS

Across the region in residential areas, landowners will create new places to live by making minor changes to existing properties. Homeowners may build “granny flats” or in-law units, or convert their garage, basement, shed, or guest rooms into separate student apartments. Investors or homeowners may buy a single house, make additions, and sell the building as several separate condominiums. Creating additional housing by making these minor changes to neighborhoods is an easy way for infill to happen. Greenbelt Alliance assumed that neighborhoods recommended for “in-law units” by the Smart Growth Strategy/Regional Livability Footprint Project will increase by about 5%, or one new home per city block in single-family neighborhoods.