housing

WAMC's Joe Donahue and Pat Bradley and NCPR's Emily Russell explore demographic and livelihood challenges facing Adirondackers - including an aging population and a workforce struggling to find affordable housing.

For the past few months, a small city in western Massachusetts has been the scene of multiple protests as local tenants and advocates call out rising rents. Organizers say rent increases at some properties, especially those owned by out-of-state companies, are getting out of hand, sparking calls for action.

Rural Franklin County, Massachusetts is facing housing issues like the rest of the commonwealth, but regional leaders say unlike other counties, it isn’t getting an equal level of support.

Millions of dollars in low-income tax credits and subsidies have once again been awarded in Massachusetts, with a goal of creating or preserving 1,200 rental units. That includes over 200 in the Pioneer Valley and Berkshires.

A special collaboration in Western Massachusetts is giving college students valuable work experience while providing housing for a couple in Holyoke.

Residents and housing advocates from western Massachusetts took a trip to Beacon Hill this week, looking to make their voices heard on housing issues in the Pioneer Valley. Before taking the trip, some spoke with WAMC.

A proposal to bring 140 units to a corner of Amherst, Massachusetts, is coming along, but town officials want to see more matters addressed before approving a site plan, and residents nearby have their own concerns.

Town of Plattsburgh officials were at a housing construction site this morning to highlight a new town law intended to enhance housing development efforts.

A number of residents in Northampton, Massachusetts, are voicing concern over a proposed housing project that could see a five-story development go up by a former church in a neighborhood of much smaller houses.