ADUs for Aging In Place
This year’s AARP Livability Index (https://livabilityindex.aarp.org/) included information about accessory dwelling units (ADUs), often known as in-law suites and guest houses, for the first time. After all, ADUs may be an attractive aging-in-place option for the 88% of Americans between the ages of 50 and 80 who, in the University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging, said it's very or somewhat important to live in their homes as long as possible. The rub is that in many places, zoning laws don’t permit ADUs. But that’s changing, and AARP has been advocating for ADUs. The District of