Can cottage courts help solve Lafayette’s housing woes?

Can cottage courts help solve Lafayette’s housing woes?

As housing and construction costs continue to rise in Lafayette, developers are looking to do more with less land. One way to do this is by building “cottage court” style housing developments that allow smaller cottages on one plot of land.  In Youngsville, developer and realtor Matthew Goulas used this approach to turn a property that once held a single dilapidated trailer into eight units. While not impossible, this kind of development would c…