Taking Stock of Housing event focuses on Adirondack issues
By Tim Rowland
A broad array of advocates diagnosed the ailing Adirondack housing industry, and batted about plans for one day restoring it to health.
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New initiatives bring hope for affordable rentals in the Eastern Adirondacks
By Tim Rowland
New state programs aim to create up to 50 long-term rentals by rehabbing old apartments and building new accessory dwelling units
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Housing solutions: A recap from the series
By Tim Rowland
Examples from our housing series of projects and organizations making a difference
Help is on the way: Adirondack Roots
By Tim Rowland
Newly rebranded housing assistance nonprofit helps homeowners with rehab work
Taking stock of housing: Hemmed-in hamlets want to develop housing
By Tim Rowland
From town halls to advocacy groups to the Adirondack Park Agency, hamlets and hamlet expansion are viewed as the best hope for affordable housing.
Taking Stock of Housing: Infrastructure woes limit growth
By Tim Rowland
What's missing from the housing equation? Infrastructure, such as public sewer systems. And although the price tag is more than small towns can afford, grants are often out of reach
Help is on the way: Homeshare programs
By Tim Rowland
Homeshare programs typically match older people with bigger houses than they need with younger individuals or families in need of housing.
Housing series to wrap with in-person event
Adirondack Explorer's "Taking Stock of Housing" series culminates with an event Nov. 1 at the Wild Center
Taking Stock of Housing: Market mayhem
By Tim Rowland
The Adirondack housing market conditions are stacked against easy solutions, particularly when it comes to building new houses.
Help is on the way: Auxiliary Dwelling Units
By Tim Rowland
Annexes to existing homes, usually in the form of a small apartment fashioned out of a garage, basement, or an addition to the main home.