Backdoor Revolution: The Definitive Guide to ADU Development - Softcover

Peterson, Kol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692053514 ISBN 13: 9780692053515

Publisher: Accessory Dwelling Strategies, LLC, 2018

Synopsis

Accessory Dwelling Units are a form of residential infill housing that are poised to revolutionize housing in the United States. Unlike other urban development trends, this one is being driven by homeowners, not professional developers. Through case studies, expert interviews, firsthand anecdotes, images, and data analysis, Backdoor Revolution reveals the opportunities, challenges, and best practices of ADU development for homeowners, including costs, financing, design, zoning barriers, and regulatory loopholes. With sections written for policymakers and small housing advocates, Backdoor Revolution offers insightful analysis and a succinct prescription for solutions to municipal and institutional barriers for ADU development.

About this title

About the Author

The author, Kol Peterson is an ADU expert based in Portland, Oregon, who has helped catalyze the exponential growth of ADUs in Portland over the last decade through ADU advocacy, education, consulting, policy work, and entrepreneurship. He is the owner of Caravan- The Tiny House Hotel, the first tiny house hotel in the world, and organizer of Portland's popular ADU Tour.  He consults with homeowners about ADUs on their property, and teaches ADU classes for homeowners and for real estate agents. He edits and manages AccessoryDwellings.org, BuildinganADU.com, pdxadu.blogspot.com, and AccessoryDwellingStrategies.com.
Kol developed an ADU in 2011 that he lives in to this day with his wife. He has a masters degree in environmental planning from Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Prior to his ADU work, Kol worked in the federal government for ten years in Washington, DC and Portland, Oregon. 

Review

"Over the last seven years, I've witnessed Kol's leadership in the small house movement firsthand, from starting the first tiny house hotel, to educating thousands of homeowners on how to develop ADUs, to his advocacy work on small housing policy."

--Dee Williams, author of The Big Tiny

"Backdoor Revolution is an A-Z manual on how to create ADUs, written by one of the most passionate, knowledgeable, and experienced people in this burgeoning movement. Kol leads the reader through the challenges of permitting, financing, and building ADUs, and lays out the opportunities for bringing this grassroots phenomenon into a viable housing option."

--Ross Chapin, author of Pocket Neighborhoods

Edition details

• Publisher: Accessory Dwelling Strategies, LLC
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0692053514
• ISBN 13: 9780692053515
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 368