EditorialA model of a 320-square-foot house manufactured by BOSS Homes for use as an accessory dwelling unit was one of the solutions to the affordable housing crisis presented at the International Builders’ Show, in Las Vegas on Feb. 2, 2023. (Mikayla Whitmore/The New York Times)
EditorialKristina Dewald and her dog Lucy exit their residence building through the service entrance in Manhattan, Jan. 26, 2023. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialVona da Silva, left, who lives in an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, next to a house occupied by her daughter, Pia da Silva, right, in Portland, Ore., January 2023. (Tojo Andrianarivo/The New York Times)
EditorialPalestinians of Afana family sit inside their dwelling during stormy weather along the Mediterranean areas at Shati refugee camp, Gaza city, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory - 20 Dec 2021
EditorialChip Thomas in front of his installation depicting a list of names of enslaved Native people in a slave dwelling in Conejos, Colo., Oct. 1, 2021. (Kalen Goodluck/The New York Times)
EditorialA destroyed dwelling in Dawson Springs, Ky., on Sunday evening Dec. 12, 2021, where a tornado flattened much of the town on Friday night. (William Widmer/The New York Times)
EditorialTwo houses being built on a single lot in Princeton, N.J., among the first in the area to take advantage of the town’s new ordinance allowing accessory dwelling units, Nov. 10, 2021. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)
EditorialA lawn sign opposing additional dwelling units in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego on Oct. 2, 2021. (Sandy Huffaker/The New York Times)
EditorialMoment Australian grandmother, 49, is discovered hidden in trunk of car on back of tow truck trying to breach state lines during strict COVID lockdown