Editorial: Healey’s ADU assist bid reflects public’s lukewarm interest

Editorial: Healey’s ADU assist bid reflects public’s lukewarm interest

Seeking to jump-start one key piece of her effort to increase the state’s housing stock, Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday announced a new campaign to make it even easier and cheaper to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs). We thought the governor had already facilitated the construction of ADUs through the Affordable Homes Act, which allowed ADUs up to 900 square feet to be built-by-right in single-family zoning districts statewide, ostensibly gi…