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Housing Crisis

Homestead preps new development, gives update on Fawn Valley

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid-based affordable housing developer Homestead Development Corporation presented a sketch plan for a new housing development for essential workers at the Lake Placid-North Elba Joint Review Board meeting Wednesday. Fox Hill, the developer’s new project, will ...

Renters share experiences with housing in new zine

SARANAC LAKE — “Craigslist, Saranac Lake, NY. Results: 1/1. Only apartment in existence! 50% of your monthly income! One bed, one bath, no pets, no laundry, broken stove, broken fridge.” Thus reads an anonymously-created drawing in “ADK Housing Zine,” a project by Saranac Lake ...

North Country nets $7.7M in housing grants

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday $46 million in new state housing grant awards, including more than $7.7 million for organizations and homeowners in the North Country. The grants are expected to serve 155 housing units in the region and are targeted at helping low- and moderate-income ...

New zine explores housing crisis from renter’s point of view

SARANAC LAKE — More than 35 area renters and housing organizers gathered in the Cantwell Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library on Monday night to celebrate the launch of writer Erin Dorney’s “House Zine,” a project that recounts her 17 years as a renter and, specifically, two fraught ...

Tri-Lakes housing project rundown

Several new developments across the region are now in the planning or construction phases, pointing to a possible easing of the longstanding affordable housing crisis over the next few years. But the housing shortage has been exacerbated by a variety of causes, and local housing experts say ...

New Wilmington housing project inches forward with property sale

WILMINGTON — The town of Wilmington closed on a more than 9-acre plot of land on Tuesday, paving the way for an affordable housing development built in partnership with Adirondack Roots, formerly known as the Housing Assistance Program of Essex County. “We’re excited, we’re moving ...