Three ADU Events on September 6th-7th, 2024

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Friday, Sept 6th, 2024, 8:30am-4pm

Guided Tour of Prefab ADU/THOW Factories

Separate registration required. This is a private bus tour of three large-scale ADU and tiny house on wheels production facilities in the Portland region.

This is a professional education event targeted to affordable housing professionals, policy makers, and practitioners, including designers, builders, lenders, realtors, appraisers, real estate investors, developers. However, anyone is welcome to register.

Registration cost for this event includes admission to the Friday evening workshop, and the ADU Tour. $300. Admission is limited to 50 people. Detailed information about the guided tour here.

Friday, September 6th, 2024, 6pm-8pm

ADU Workshop

You must purchase a ticket in order to attend the two-hour workshop.

• If you purchased this add-on ticket then we will be able to check you at the door of the event simply using your name. No paperwork or anything else is needed.
• If you did not purchase admission for the workshop at the time that you purchased your ADU Tour ticket, you can do so by using this link. When you show up at the workshop, you will have to produce the PayPal email confirmation of this purchase on a smart phone or in printed form.

Space is limited to 230 people. The standalone registration cost is $30.

When and Where:

This presentation will be held in the sanctuary at Taborspace, located at 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97215. Plan to arrive at 5:45pm. The talk will begin at 6pm. It will go to 8pm and will include opportunities for questions and answers.

What

This workshop will primarily cover the new zoning regulations in the City of Portland, which include two ADUs, detached duplexes, and cottage clusters. It will also cover the rules for placing and inhabiting a tiny houses on wheels or an RV on residential property. We will review some of the best practices in terms of development and design and cost, referring specifically to the ADUs that are featured in the ADU Tour.

The workshop is only intended for attendees of the ADU Tour, as it will reference some of the best practices in terms of development and design and cost, using the ADUs that were featured in the ADU Tour.

Saturday, Sep 7th 2024, 10am-4pm 

Build Small, Live Large- ADU Tour

Attendees take a self-guided tour of ADUs in Portland at their own pace. This tour contains a new set of 13+ ADUs throughout Portland, never featured on the ADU Tour before. This year’s ADU Tour will feature:

• Tiny Houses on Wheels. Homeowners are now allowed to have one occupied RV in accordance with City of Portland statutes. This tour will feature two of them.
• Two ADUs: The tour will include two stacked ADUs, a property with a detached ADU and an internal ADU, and a duplex with an ADU. These are all new housing types allowed in Portland beginning in 2021. 
• A Cottage Cluster. See a new option for building multiple cottages on a property.
• A Condoized ADU– ADU condoization is now becoming a larger phenomena on the West coast. Condoized ADUs don’t look different than regular ADUs necessarily. Rather, it’s just a novel legal way to sell the ADU separately from the primary house. 
• A Prefab ADU. See a turnkey-ready ADU that allowed the homeowner to bypass much of the design work and associated costs of custom ADU development.

ADU Tour Booklets and Wristbands

In order to visit the ADUs, you will need ADU tour booklets and wristbands.

Your ADU Tour program and wristband will mailed to you if you bought the early bird ticket.

Regular ticket holders will be able to pick up the ADU tour booklets and wristbands on the day of the tour at one of the tour stops. We will provide information about where to pick these up by September 1st. When picking up them up, you do not need to print out a physical copy of your ticket. You’ll just need to bring a photo ID. You can pick up booklets and wristbands for others as well– just have the other registrants forward their confirmation email to you.

Got Kids?

Kids 12 and under may attend for free

Volunteer for the ADU Tour

Volunteering is a 3.5 hour volunteer commitment that comes with a free pass to see the ADUs during the period that you are not volunteering. Tour volunteers are assigned to a particular ADU, and check wristbands, tally attendance at the ADU, and answer basic questions about the tour. If you’re interested in volunteering, contact the tour organizer at kol@accessorydwellingstrategies.com and we’ll get you set up. More information about volunteering is available here.

About the ADU Tour

This tour is managed by Accessory Dwelling Strategies LLC with support from the City of Portland, Metro, Earth Advantage and the Energy Trust of Oregon.

Questions about the tour?– e-mail kol@accessorydwellingstrategies.com