housing

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.”

As the city of Springfield develops a plan for spending millions of dollars on community development, it's asking residents and local workers to chime in.

Efforts to repurpose a massive former mill complex in Ludlow, Massachusetts have reached another milestone. The latest leg includes restoration work on one of the town’s biggest structures - and biggest icon.