Priced out of Seattle rental market, more opt for backyard cottages

“Turning single-family houses into multifamily condos, enabled by Seattle’s accessory dwelling unit laws, has become his full-time line of work.

‘Relaxing the (detached accessory dwelling unit) regulations in order to create more housing in Seattle is working,’ he said. ‘My most recent property in Green Lake had just one person living in it before I purchased it. Now there are six people.’”