Officials flag modular units, shared hookups and ADU strategies to lower housing costs
Commissioners and staff discussed ADUs, tiny homes on wheels, factory-built/modular units (local startup Boxkill), and shared utility hookup models as potential ways to increase affordable housing supply and reduce infrastructure costs.
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Councilors and commissioners explored options to expand housing types and reduce development costs, including relaxed ADU lot-size thresholds, shared infrastructure models (single-meter hookups or shared SDC arrangements), tiny homes on wheels with higher construction standards, and factory-built/modular units. One participant noted a local company, Boxkill, that is developing modular units designed to be dropped on a site and connected to standard services.
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