housing

A plan to fit a five-story structure on the grounds of a former church parking lot in Northampton has won several key approvals, following months of changes and input from the city and residents.

The Clinton County Industrial Development Agency has released a study on housing needs in the county that provides data and recommendations for advancing housing availability.

Town councilors in Amherst, Massachusetts, voted to approve zoning language that would allow for a new “overlay district” and, potentially, more large-scale, mixed-use developments near UMass Amherst.

Years in the making, a housing project in Holyoke, Massachusetts is going up – and it’s going up fast.

Albany County is implementing two new initiatives to address the housing shortage and support people looking to purchase their first home.

Single family zoning in the city of Albany is up for discussion at Tuesday's Common Council meeting.

Plans to turn a former church's parking lot into a five-story, mixed-use apartment building in downtown Northampton went before the city's planning board - with some members of the public voicing concerns over the proposal.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott focused his weekly briefing Tuesday on housing policies he hopes to champion during the legislative session.

Plans to build dozens of apartments on the grounds of an historic Northampton, Massachusetts, church were unveiled to the public for the first time late last month. The proposal off Elm and State streets would see a building up to five-stories high go up along the church dating back to the late 1800’s.

The Albany Common Council this week unanimously voted to override Mayor Kathy Sheehan's veto of a $125,000 appropriation for “housing-related services.”