Community-Driven ADUs: How One Family's Decision Helped Displaced Neighbors

A wildfire tore through their Oregon community. Jacob and Elize Fry were spared, but their neighbors weren't. They couldn't just watch. So they took out a loan and built two ADUs in their own backyard. Today, those two units are home to young newlywed couples in their early 20s.

"It was more about the community and needing infill housing for people that had been displaced," Jacob said. "That really was the main thing."

That's the story the housing data doesn't capture. Behind every ADU permit is a decision someone made — to build, to open their property, to give someone else a real place to land.

ADUs won't solve the housing crisis alone. But they put the power to act in the hands of individual homeowners. One backyard at a time.

That's what we build at Apex Homes. Not just square footage. Something that makes your family's life and your community better.

📖 Your ADU can be a real home:

News source: CBS
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