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Clovis Creates Cottage Home Plans For Downtown Residents

California is the in the middle of a housing crisis. With the cost of home ownership rising, city leaders in Clovis are considering the introduction of smaller homes as a solution. They have approved a new program that aims to clear the way for residents in Downtown Clovis to build what they call “cottages” along alleyways. Clovis Planning Director Dwight Kroll describes the Old Town Cottage Home Program as a way to take advantage of unique properties in downtown Clovis. The city has already developed three designs that homeowners can use for free to build a small home on their property. “This program came a little bit out of thinking what if you put second units on alleys, allow them to face the alley,” says Kroll. “So you actually have some eyes on the alley itself, and create sort of interior neighborhoods to the neighborhoods that we currently have there now.” While the plans are for 400-square-foot dwellings, the city is calling the units cottages, instead of “tiny homes,” because
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