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LCDC ADU Due Diligence Toolkit™ (Vol I)

A standardized governance framework to evaluate, finance, build, and operate ADU housing projects.

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What this document is

One repeatable way to vet every deal

Volume I establishes a standardized governance framework for evaluating, financing, constructing, and operating Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) projects.

It unifies enterprise governance, project management, financial analysis, risk management, and real-estate development — aligned to HUD, USDA, and VA best practices, Louisiana regulations, community-development finance, and VI-PAR™ impact measurement.

The result is a set of repeatable decision instruments that make every housing deal reviewable the same way.

Toolkit & team
This toolkit defines what gets evaluated. Its companion, the Team Model, defines who evaluates it. Together they standardize every review.
TypeGovernance instrument
VolumeI of a series
Pairs withADU Team Model (C2)
Who it serves

Five housing outcomes it supports

Affordable
Veteran
Aging-in-place
Workforce
Disaster-resilient
Concept at a glance

Four repeatable decision instruments

Instrument 1
Feasibility checklist
Property · structure · market · financial
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Instrument 2
Investment decision matrix
Weighs the options side-by-side
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Instrument 3
Go / No-Go scorecard
Pass ≥ 85 · auto disqualifiers
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Instrument 4
Enterprise risk register
Tracks risk through operation
The decision gate

The Go / No-Go scorecard

85
Minimum passing score
✓
Score at or above 85 → Go
The deal advances with its risk register attached.
✕
Automatic disqualifiers → No-Go
Certain failures stop a project regardless of total score — no override.
Under one framework

What the toolkit brings together

Disciplines it unifies
  • Enterprise governance
  • Project management
  • Financial analysis
  • Risk management
  • Real-estate development
Standards it aligns to
  • HUD / USDA / VA best practices
  • Louisiana regulations
  • Community-development finance
  • VI-PAR™ impact measurement
How it fits the build-out

Lives in the Housing module as the governing instrument — pairing directly with the ADU Team Model to standardize how every housing deal is vetted, from feasibility through operation.

→ Pairs with the ADU Team Model (C2)
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Your Voice

This anchor is a draft until leadership shapes it. As you read:

  • Which site should be the first real test of this toolkit?
  • Where in the checklist have projects failed before?
  • What would make this usable by a partner organization, not just us?
Mark this page up or send your notes to Executive Director Fredell Butler — fredell@lighthouseruralcdc.org. Every anchor in this library is a draft until leadership shapes it.
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