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Sacramento for All: Housing Education Resource Center

6. Missing Middle Housing & ADUs

Missing Middle Housing can be a way to increase housing choices and attainability for Sacramento residents. This type of housing can increase the city’s overall supply of housing, which will in turn provide more opportunities for lower-cost housing, entry-level homeownership and for older adults to age in place.

What is Missing Middle Housing?

Missing Middle Housing (MMH) is a range of small multi-unit housing types such as, triplexes, fourplexes, and accessory dwelling units (ADUs) that are similar in scale to a single-family house. These housing types are "middle" in form and scale enabling them to blend into existing residential neighborhoods. With smaller units, MMH can provide housing at price points attainable to many middle-income households. Refer to the City’s webpage on MMH for more information.

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What is an Accessory Dwelling Unit?

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are an innovative and effective option for adding much needed housing in California and are one of the Missing Middle Housing types. An ADU is a permanent dwelling unit on the same lot as a primary residence and can take many forms – a separate small home, an apartment over a garage, or in a basement. ADUs can be created by remodeling your existing home or garage, or they can be entirely separate buildings. ADUs are generally more affordable to construct because they do not require paying for additional land and major new infrastructure. Learn more about accessory dwelling units by visiting the City’s ADU Resource Center.

Impact of Missing Middle Housing on affordability

Faced with steep increases in both rent and home prices caused by a severe housing shortage, residents have expressed that they want a city where people of all backgrounds and income levels can afford to live. To meet this tremendous need, more attainable housing types that do not require subsidy, such as accessory dwelling units, triplexes, and fourplexes are needed. These lower cost housing types, can help to house many middle-income residents, add to the city’s overall supply of housing, provide opportunities for entry-level homeownership, and allow for older adults to age in place.

Lower cost housing without subsidy

A proven strategy to make housing more affordable is to increase the supply of market-rate housing. Missing Middle Housing types deliver multiple units on the same size lot as a Single-Family Home, allowing distribution of the cost of land, making each unit inherently more affordable. Because the units tend to be smaller than conventional Single-Family Homes, they can be less expensive to build, and can provide housing options at all income levels.

MMH types are lower in cost by design:

  • Lower land costs if building on an existing lot
  • Lower construction costs if remodeling existing home or building
  • Construction of smaller units

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