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Berkshire District Attorney Timothy J. Shugrue's Office represents the Commonwealth in more than 7,500 criminal cases per year in Berkshire Superior Court, three district courts, three juvenile courts, Massachusetts Appeals Court, and Supreme Judicial Court. The office works closely with the State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office, the Berkshire Law ...
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- What Are ADUs?
- Adu Advantages Over Multi-Families
- A Popular Housing Option Once Upon A Time
- An American Adu Comeback?
- Adus Zoning Changes in Salem and Arlington
- How Many Forms of Egress?
- Barriers to Adus
- Neighborhood Character and Property Values
- The Upsides of Adus
Accessory dwelling units, also commonly referred to as in-law apartments, add-on apartments, mother-in-law apartments, “granny flats” and other terms, are smaller, separate dwellings on a property with a larger dwelling. ADUs have their own dedicated entrances, and their own kitchens and bathrooms. Most often, these dwellings have one bedroom, but ...
Accessory dwelling units can be a highly advantageous option for providing housing in contrast with other housing formats, such as duplexes, triplexes and multi-unit buildings. For one thing, the addition of an ADU to a single-family property can usually be managed relatively cheaply – $50,000 or less – and paid for by the property owner. Often the...
There once was a time when ADUs were a popular housing optionin the United States. For centuries, it was common for property owners to add over-the-garage and basement apartments or build carriage and gate houses. Often homeowners would build a small dwelling on a new property, then add a main house as the family grew. ADUs frequently provided spac...
Circumstances may be about to change. As the nation finds itself in a housing hole with home prices shooting skyward and sorely lacking enough affordable housing, some states are moving to address the inequities legislatively. Among these states’ strategies is easing legal obstacles to building ADUs. California, which has a well-reported housing an...
Two Massachusetts communities that have been attempting to ease the process for building ADUs may be helped by the voting threshold change in the Housing Choice Law. Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll had made several attempts at changing the coastal city’s zoning ordinances to ease the process for building ADUs and allowing property owners with existing ADU...
As more Massachusetts communities move toward considering zoning and law changes to accommodate ADUs, one point of confusion warrants mentioning. The state building code(780 CMR) requires that most residential dwellings have two means of egress, defined as unobstructed and constantly accessible exits to the exterior. That has traditionally been the...
Despite increasing evidence that ADUs are an additive in terms of expanding affordable housing, and that they provide a means for more sustainable development, towns and cities in Massachusetts have largely been slow to adopt policies easing their construction. While Salem and Arlington work to change local ADU zoning ordinances, the majority of ci...
Residents are also concerned about the impact on schools and neighborhood “character” that they think ADUs and increased density would levy. And a prominent fear, which lacks evidence, is that ADUs will have a negative impact on property values in the region by changing neighborhood appearance from a single-family, suburban mien to a more urban, de...
The need for new housing, especially affordable housing, is clear in Massachusetts and many other states. But building apartment complexes, or even duplexes and triplexes, usually requires willing investors and developers who can afford the land and building costs, plus necessary permits and fees. And while these dwelling types will remain part of ...
Mar 4, 2024 · BRK-B. commission-lawsuits. The legendary billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, has found himself at the center of one of the nation’s largest real estate commission lawsuits ...
Nov 1, 2023 · A U.S. jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokerages, including units of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, liable to pay $1.78 billion in damages ...
One of our attorneys would be happy to discuss your legal concerns, answer questions and advise you about next steps. Please complete the form below or call us at 413-644-0200. Zoning in the Berkshires is handled town-by-town. Some rules date back centuries and are not obvious.
