WBUR TODAY: Who wants an ADU?
❤️ Donate Thursday, December 11, 2025 ☀️ Sunny, with a high near 33. Good Morning Boston, It's Thursday. The U.S. Senate is set to vote today on dueling proposals to address the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies that were at the center of this fall's government shutdown. Don't expect either of them to pass. NPR has more here on what's going on down in Washington, D.C. Here's a look at the latest news out of the Bay State: ADU, to yieu and yieu and yieu: Last year, Massachusetts joined a growing cohort of states to broadly legalize the building of accessory dwelling units across the state. At the time, Gov. Maura Healey's office predicted it would result in 8,000 to 10,000 new ADUs (aka in-law apartments, granny flats or backyard cottages) in Massachusetts over five years, putting a small but cost-effective dent in the state's 200,000-plus unit housing shortage . Fast forward to yesterday: Healey said the state ha...