The benefit of an ADU is directly managed as housing for the elderly. In fact, this type of housing is not new, it was known in the Second World War as a use of single-family houses in the conditions that were managed at the time; for example, the scarcity caused by the wear and tear that the war had left the country.
In 2017, the ADUs were legalized in the state of California, showing everything related to group benefits and other details; However, the greatest benefits for older adults that ADUs bring with them are:
• The possibility for the person to avoid the stress and disorders of having to live in another neighborhood
• Little need to separate the elderly from their family
• Allowing an adult child to live in the main house while the "now older" owner resides.