ADUs return

The assembly heard a first salvo of public pushback to a proposal that would allow additional small housing units in residential neighborhoods. 

Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, have been described as a starting point for adding housing stock to the borough.

Proponents over the past year have pitched it as a marginal change. 

For one, homeowners in residential neighborhoods are already allowed to build accessory apartments on their properties. Functionally, the ADU ordinance…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.