Adding "Second Units" to Single Family Homes
With the housing crunch impacting the availably of affordable housing in California, several Bay Area cities are taking initiatives to ease restrictions on additions to single family homes and reduce parking space requirements. Called "Second Units" or "Secondary Unites" (sometimes also as "accessory dwelling units," "in-law units" or "granny units,"), these additions make it possible to build independent living units where otherwise only single family homes might be permitt