One man’s niche housing dispute provides insight into the fuzzy role homeowner associations play in state policy.

A new state law that went into effect on Sunday allows property owners across Massachusetts to build accessory dwelling ... floor area of the principal home on the property or 900 square feet ...

Teaneck will consider passage of an ordinance quantifying the rules for one of its most controversial sections: accessory dwelling units.

Boston is exempt, and is pursuing its own city-specific ADU policy. ADUs must have a separate entrance from the main house to qualify under the law, and must be no larger than half the gross floor ...

They’re limited to 900 square feet, or half of the gross floor area of the principal home, whichever is smaller. Beyond add-ons to the primary home or as a detached dwelling elsewhere on the ...

A new state law that went into effect on Sunday allows property owners across Massachusetts to build accessory dwelling units, or ADUs — small, secondary homes that may be attached or detached from ...

A recent state law allows ADUS, sometimes known as in-law apartments, under 900 square feet to be built by-right in single-family zoning districts. The move was part of the Healey administration’s ...

“The site plan has to be drawn by a qualified professional ... An ADU must also be no larger than half the gross floor area of the principal dwelling or 900 square feet, whichever is smaller; and must ...

Accessory dwelling units are now allowed by right in single-family zoning districts across most of Massachusetts, under a law ...