New laws could bring more ADUs to Maryland and Virginia
Axios · Mimi Montgomery ·
New rules make it easier to add ADUs as the D.C. region grapples with a housing crunch.
Driving the news: As of this month, Maryland jurisdictions are required to have adopted laws allowing the construction of ADUs on properties with single-family homes.
- And a law taking effect in Virginia next summer requires that local governments allow ADUs to be built by-right on single-family lots.
State of play: Some localities, including Montgomery County, Arlington and Alexandria, had already allowed ADUs under their own rules.