Idaho ADU
Building an ADU in Idaho — documented from Day 1.

Why I'm doing this

If you've watched a home slide out of reach, for your kids or for you, this is where I lay out why. I'm building an ADU in Post Falls and documenting all of it, and this series is the bigger picture behind it: my own family, the housing squeeze a lot of us are feeling, and whether building more actually helps. It's meant to be read from the start.

A family home and a smaller second home under a warm sky, with the words Room to start a family
Why?

July 23, 2026

Why am I doing this?

Why I'm building an ADU from zero. It starts with my own sons, who can't reach a home of their own, and the same weight a lot of us are carrying right now.

 A line of cartoon hermit crabs trading snail-shell homes on a beach, one wearing an orange traffic cone
Why?

July 28, 2026

What hermit crabs know about the housing shortage

Hermit crabs line up by size to trade shells, and one new shell moves the whole line up. People do the same thing with houses. Why one more small home helps a family who will never live in it.

 A scoreboard reading 5 cleared, 8 working on it, 9 still open, above four of the open arguments
Why?

August 4, 2026

The arguments against more housing, including nine I can't answer

I've been making the case for building more homes in Kootenai County. So I wrote down every serious argument against it, including the ones I lose. Nine of the twenty-two are still open.

 The covered front porch of a blue clapboard house, dark front door with brass hardware, a white wicker chair and a porch swing
Why?

September 1, 2026

The young man who knocked on my door selling pest control

A young man in his mid-twenties knocked on my door selling pest control. He wants to own a home, and he's thinking about leaving Idaho to afford one. Same math my own sons are doing.

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