Homeowners displaced by the January wildfires in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades are hoping to find temporary respite in accessory dwelling units. In the six months since the fires, ADUs have been able to provide shelter for wildfire victims — sometimes on their own burned properties — as they await insurance payouts, permits and other necessary steps to rebuild, the Orange County Register reported. “I’m definitely thinking we’re going to build an ADU,” Martin Gordon, an Altadena homeowner whose insurance payout would only cover a third of the cost to rebuild his house, told the Register. “There’s no way I […]
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