{"id":20069,"date":"2026-05-04T12:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=20069"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:15:11","slug":"how-to-build-an-accessory-dwelling-unit-adu-in-needham","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/event\/how-to-build-an-accessory-dwelling-unit-adu-in-needham\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) in Needham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us to get your questions answered! This event\u2014co-sponsored by the Needham Housing Coalition, Charles River Regional Chamber, Progressive Needham, League of Women Voters, and Green Needham\u2014will explore why and how to add an ADU to your property.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date &amp; Time: Wednesday, May 20th, 7 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Location: Needham Public Library<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2756 How can you benefit from an ADU?<br \/>\n\u2756 How do you build and finance an ADU?<br \/>\n\u2756 What are the new ADU bylaw requirements?<\/p>\n<p>ADUs are a valuable small housing opportunity for young people, the local workforce, seniors who are downsizing, and property owners seeking supplemental income.\u00a0 Recent state initiatives increase the opportunity for single family homeowners to build ADUs.<\/p>\n<p>Learn from our panel of experts:<br \/>\n\u25cf Jim Sullivan, Needham Building Department<br \/>\n\u25cf Amy Wortzman, Eastern Bank<br \/>\n\u25cf Rick Leland, Remodeling remedies, LLC<br \/>\n\u25cf Oscar Mertz, Needham Planning Board<br \/>\n\u25cf Needham resident who has built an ADU<\/p>\n<p>Admission is <em><strong>free<\/strong> <\/em>and advance registration is <em><strong>not<\/strong> <\/em>required.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact <a href=\"mailto:needhamhousingcoalition@gmail.com?subject=ADUs%20in%20Needham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NeedhamHousingCoalition@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us to get your questions answered! This event\u2014co-sponsored by the Needham Housing Coalition, Charles River Regional Chamber, Progressive Needham, League of Women Voters, and Green Needham\u2014will explore why and how to add an ADU to your property. Date &amp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":17828,"template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"America\/New_York","_EventStartDate":"2026-05-20 19:00:00","_EventEndDate":"2026-05-20 20:30:00","_EventStartDateUTC":"2026-05-20 23:00:00","_EventEndDateUTC":"2026-05-21 00:30:00","_EventShowMap":true,"_EventShowMapLink":true,"_EventURL":"https:\/\/needhamhousingcoalition.org\/","_EventCost":"0","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"$","_EventCurrencyCode":"USD","_EventCurrencyPosition":"prefix","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[17832],"_EventVenueID":[4596],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[158],"class_list":["post-20069","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-home","cat_home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/20069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/20069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20073,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/20069\/revisions\/20073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20069"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=20069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}