Doreen Rearden loved seeing her teenage daughters bond with her aging father after he moved into a converted bedroom in their Montclair home. But according to http://dailyrecord.com both he and her family were looking for more privacy and separation. That’s when Doreen and her husband, Joe, first began thinking about building an accessory dwelling unit in their backyard.

https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2024/04/25/nj-towns-allow-affordable-housing-backyards/72968750007/: There’s a push in NJ to build affordable housing in backyards.