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COALITIONS OUTREACH After removing regulatory barriers and reducing the difficulty of navigating the development process, another key step is raising awareness about ADUs. While some cities have directly promoted ADUs through improved municipal websites and marketing campaigns, third party organizations often play a leading role in building awareness and momentum for ADUs. Nationally, AARP has been a leading voice in building awareness about the role of ADUs in creating age -friendly cities with a variety of housing options for different life stages. AARP has published a popular guidebook, The ABCs of ADUs, and has also created model state and local legislation for allowing ADUs in residential zones.14 State AARP branches have also been active in promoting ADUs and supporting ADU legislation. At the local level, successful activities to generate awareness and interest in ADUs include: Securing local media coverage of first-hand success stories about homeowners who have built ADUs ADU consultations and classes Tours of local ADUs ADU concierge services through a dedicated non-profit POLICY AND LEGISLATION ADUs should be considered a first step toward a more inclusive array of housing types that can and should be built in residential, urbanized areas. Many stakeholders could become allies to back this type of legislative effort if that type of broad support were deemed to be helpful in the pursuit of statewide legislation. Stakeholders may include small-scale and local developers, realtor associations, banks, credit unions, home builder associations, architectural groups, urban planning associations, disability advocates, affordable housing groups, faith communities, and many others. Broad coalitions have proven to be extremely effective in galvanizing support in Oregon, California, and Connecticut, three states to date that have passed the most supportive ADU legislation in the country. (However, Connecticut's law was weakened during passage by allowing local jurisdictions to opt out.) Such coalitions may also support broader housing policy goals related to small urban infill goals such as middle housing legislation. California's CASITA COALITION advocates for legislation that allows and encourages smaller housing types and was a prominent voice in the campaigns for state -level laws authorizing ADUs. The Coalition has a wide range of public and private sector partners that include cities, real estate developers, community -based nonprofits, and researchers. The Casita Coalition also creates guidebooks for homeowners to navigate ADU development, sponsors webinars for the public, and hosts events for ADU professionals." DESEGREGATE CONNECTICUT formed in June 2020 to campaign for zoning reforms at the state level in Connecticut. The coalition includes a broad alliance of community -based organizations working across sectors of racial and economic justice, housing, transportation, and sustainable development, as well as faith communities, housing developers, trade unions, and cities. Desegregate Connecticut was a vocal supporter of HB 6107, which allows ADUs and restricts barriers to their development, such as parking requirements. In addition to videos promoting the value of ADUs for communities, the coalition's website also provides extensive resources for the public about Connecticut's zoning laws, planning processes, and the role of zoning in segregating communities.16