{
  "id": 4425321,
  "title": "A housing alternative right in your own backyard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/a-housing-alternative-right-in-your-own-backyard",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-30T13:13:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-housing-alternative-right-in-your-own-backyard/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Accessory Dwelling Units, or ADUs, are small, fully-functional secondary homes located on the same property as a main home (usually in the backyard) that serve as carriage houses or \"granny flats.\" But as wildfires have displaced residents in the West, ADUs have filled a vital need where housing has proved scant or expensive. Correspondent Lee Cowan looks at the practical and legal challenges to…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}