PMID- 35579621
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220830
LR  - 20221222
IS  - 1552-4523 (Electronic)
IS  - 0733-4648 (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 9
DP  - 2022 Sep
TI  - A Legal Mapping Analysis and Model Bylaw of Massachusetts Municipal Accessory 
      Dwelling Units.
PG  - 2002-2012
LID - 10.1177/07334648221102140 [doi]
AB  - Adapting the built-environment to include an accessory-dwelling unit (ADU) is one 
      alternative housing solution for community-dwelling older adults (CDOA) to 
      age-in-place and avoid institutionalization. ADUs are one form of the 
      built-environment in which the field of public health law can intervene to 
      accommodate population aging. Under Massachusetts law MGL c. 40A, the state gives 
      authority to municipalities to adopt zoning bylaws to regulate the use of land, 
      buildings, and structures. A legal mapping content analysis was employed to 
      quantify Massachusetts municipalities' (N=351) ADU zoning ordinances using the 
      ADU Friendliness Score instrument and to describe the characteristics of ADU 
      availability across the state. Results are organized into four ordinal categories 
      of POOR (score 0-24; 24%), FAIR (score 25-49; 8.5%), GOOD (score 50-74; 53%), and 
      EXCELLENT (score 75-100%; 13.5%). An age-and-disability specific model ADU bylaw 
      is reported as an outcome of this research.
FAU - Gagen, Travis M
AU  - Gagen TM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7979-2829
AD  - School of Health Professions, 8715Assumption University, Worcester, MA, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220517
PL  - United States
TA  - J Appl Gerontol
JT  - Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern 
      Gerontological Society
JID - 8606502
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cities
MH  - *Constitution and Bylaws
MH  - *Housing
MH  - Humans
MH  - Massachusetts
MH  - Public Health
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - accessory-dwelling unit
OT  - built-environment
OT  - community-dwelling older adults
OT  - zoning
EDAT- 2022/05/18 06:00
MHDA- 2022/08/31 06:00
CRDT- 2022/05/17 11:03
PHST- 2022/05/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/08/31 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/05/17 11:03 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/07334648221102140 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Appl Gerontol. 2022 Sep;41(9):2002-2012. doi: 10.1177/07334648221102140. Epub 
      2022 May 17.