Submit your online application.  The application will (1) determine your initial eligibility (2) provide the HelloADU team with some basic information about your ADU/JADU vision and your readiness and (3) to confirm your understanding of what Alameda County's HelloADU can and can’t do for you. It should take about 15-20 minutes to complete.

HelloADU's team will reach out to schedule a phone conversation which includes a discussion about your potential project, potential costs, timeline and process.  If following the phone call your project is a good potential candidate for Alameda County's HelloADU program and you are still interested and ready to move forward, we will schedule a site visit.

At the Site Visit, we will walk your property together, learn more about your vision, review any sketches or drawings you have, take measurements, locate utility connections, identify site conditions that may impact workability and costs, and discuss different approaches to explore.  Following the Site Visit, if together we feel there is a match and you are ready to move forward we will set up the next steps for moving your project forward!

The County's program is subject to a waitlist for all applicants who have applied following the initial lottery.  All new applications received will be placed on a waitlist in the order that they are received.  This is an Active waitlist and will remain active until all open positions in the program are filled.