What can an WDSF+ ADU accomplish?
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Outcomes Include:
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Participants who have completed their builds are renting their ADUs for an average of 34% AMI for their unit size.
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Multiple families have worked together to use an ADU as a first-time (co) ownership opportunity by pooling adult children’s income and parents home-equity.
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ADUs enable wealth-building by passing the family house to adult children, or working across generations to co-build as an investment in the family property.
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75% of participants from 2021 - Q3 2024 are Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and People of Color Households, 50% are women-headed households, and 63% are low-income households.
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WDSF+ ADUs help address doubled-up and temporarily housed families at risk of homelessness; more than 50% of West Denver homeowner were doubled up in 2019.
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ADUs are housing that enables inter-generational childcare, aging-in-place, and supportive housing for loved ones who would otherwise struggle to live independently.
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50% of current WDSF+ units are family-sized 2-3 bedroom ADUs. When homeowners downsize into an ADU, it opens up their family-sized primary dwellings for rent.
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All WDSF+ ADUs are built to high energy-efficiency standards, are solar-ready, and support environmental best-practices as infill development.
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All WDSF+ units designed to ANSI Type B Adaptable Design Standards, supporting diverse mobilities and abilities.