Vermont Slauson ADUs: what the permit data says

Vermont Slauson has seen 580 ADU building permits issued since 2020, No. 17 in the City of Los Angeles. The count covers zip 90044.

Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles, California (14537865863), Los Angeles
Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles, California (14537865863). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vermont Slauson skips the big builds: only 22% of its ADU permits issued since 2020 are for units of 1,000 sf or larger, versus 27% citywide.

ADU permits issued by year

ADU building permits issued in Vermont Slauson (90044), by year

45
2020
62
2021
119
2022
94
2023
103
2024
83
2025
74
2026
so far

How Vermont Slauson builds

ADU types on permits issued in Vermont Slauson since 2020

Garage conversion46.0% citywide 40.5%
Detached22.9% citywide 25.4%
Attached3.3% citywide 4.2%
Above garage0.0% citywide 0.5%

ADU types are classified from the free-text work description on each permit, and 27.8% of permits here could not be classified.

How big they build

682 sfmedian size on ADU permits issued since 2020 (citywide 684 sf)

Vermont Slauson

Citywide

Under 500 sf28.8% citywide 33.1%
500 to 749 sf29.0% citywide 22.8%
750 to 999 sf20.8% citywide 16.9%
1,000 sf or larger21.5% citywide 27.2%

Permit records do not include bedroom counts, so we report sizes, not bedrooms.

$65,000

median declared valuation on permits (not market cost)

39.7%

have a Certificate of Occupancy so far (recent permits are still in progress)

2022

busiest full year, with 119 ADU permits issued

What this means

Counts are permits issued, not completed homes; some of these projects are still under construction and some will never break ground. The counts cover the City of LA portion of zip 90044, so anything outside city limits is not included. The busiest full year so far was 2022, with 119 ADU permits issued; the 2026 count runs through July only.

Count your backyard in.

Free test fit: could one fit behind your house? Test fits are quick estimates; humans verify before anything moves forward.

The Census Bulletin tracks these numbers on the A-du blog.

Source: LADBS permits, LA City Open Data. Issued Jan 2020 to Jul 2026. Pulled Jul 30, 2026.

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