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The ABCs of ADUs <br />A guide to Accessory Dwelling Units and how they <br />expand housing options for people of all ages <br />WRITTEN AND EDITED BY: Eli Spevak, Orange Splot LLC I Melissa Stanton, AARP Livable Communities <br />ART DIRECTOR: Mimi Park, Design Park, Inc. <br />COPY EDITOR: Don Armstrong I ART PRODUCTION: Steve Walkowiak <br />PROJECT ADVISERS AND REVIEWERS: <br />Danielle Arigoni, Director, Livable Communities, AARP Government Affairs <br />Karen Chapple, Professor, University of California, Berkeley <br />Lina Menard, Founder, Niche Consulting <br />Heather Peters, Senior Housing and Community Development Policy Analyst, San Mateo County, California <br />Kol Peterson, Cofounder, AccessoryDwellings.org I Owner, Accessory Dwelling Strategies LLC, Portland, Oregon <br />Denise Pinkston, Partner, TMG Partners <br />Harriet Tregoning, (Past) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Housing and Urban Development <br />Jake Wegmann, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin <br />COVER IMAGE CREDITS (clockwise from top left) <br />Front: Alex Hayden I Communitecture: Architecture, Planning, Design I AccessoryDwellings.org I Melissa Stanton, AARP I AccessoryDwellings.org <br />Back: Kol Peterson, BuildingAnADU.com I Eli Spevak, Orange Splot LLC I Schuyler Smith, Polyphon Architecture & Design, LLC <br />A NOTE TO READERS: Many of the photographs and project examples in this publication are from Portland, Oregon, which was one of the first <br />municipalities in the nation to allow and encourage the creation of accessory dwelling units. <br />To learn more about ADUs — and to order or download this guide — visit AARP.org/Livable. <br />Other useful resources include: <br />• AccessoryDwellings.org <br />• BuildingAnADU.com <br />• Planning.org (the website of the American Planning Association) <br />• And the websites of the states, cities and towns mentioned in this guide as allowing and encouraging the <br />creation of accessory dwelling units. <br />