Chase Eagleson

The members of the NH Council on Developmental Disabilities believes this bill would have a negative impact on the Granite State disability community. Making it more difficult for homeowners to install accessory dwelling units (ADUs) based solely off of the type of housing they live in only serves to create new barriers to the ease of burdens that adding an ADU to house a person with a disability or a caregiver can bring. It is better for all to decrease the barriers to adding ADUs in order for more individuals living with disabilities to find accessible housing and more caregivers to find housing in a space that makes providing services easier. This bill only adds more regulatory barriers to this type of housing than it does ease any real crisis.