affordable housing

The town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts is directing $600,000 in spending to a nonprofit dedicated to affordable housing in the Southern Berkshires.

The future of fair housing laws and rent protections in two Hudson Valley cities is in the hands of the courts.

An interview with Carol Bosco Baumann.

Earlier this year the city of Kingston became the first upstate municipality to opt into rent stabilization. With the economy sputtering and housing costs increasing, advocates are pushing to enact rent reductions.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott was in Rutland today to promote funding for a state program that helps increase affordable housing stock.

The developers of a proposed affordable housing development in Saratoga Springs are seeking approvals from the city, which faces a shortage of workers at a time of record employment.

Many of you know that I usually focus on federal issues, but I want to get something off my chest. People periodically talk about “blight.” The language suggests a focus on the buildings. They may need paint or repairs – though that doesn’t seem so offensive in rural areas. People with more money like to see property that matches their artistic senses more closely. I have always enjoyed walking among fine specimens of architecture. But what we tend to call blight includes homes. Regardless of color, and most of the poor are white, people live there because that’s what they have enough money for. They may laugh and play like the rest of us despite what appears to those of us with more money as flaws in their living space.

Harvard University's annual State of the Nation's Housing Report shows skyrocketing costs of both owner-occupied and rental housing. But there may be some relief on the way.

The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council had its share of drama Tuesday night when a parliamentary move by a councilor effectively reset weeks of budget negotiations via charter objection.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott has signed two bills intended to ease the state’s housing crisis.