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Housing Crisis

As climate changes, Adirondacks attract new residents

When Marissa Hernandez visited New York for the first time more than a decade ago, she saw a lake filled with water. It brought her to tears. A resident of a small city in northern California, Hernandez only knew lakes besieged by drought. After living in a place where she could walk to ...

Harrietstown gets state pro-housing designation

SARANAC LAKE — The town of Harrietstown has become a New York-certified “pro-housing community,” a designation that will allow the town to tap into $650 million in discretionary finding for projects that help address the affordable housing shortage plaguing the region. Harrietstown ...

Keene housing development info session is tonight

KEENE — Adirondack Roots will host an information session tonight on the Both Meadow Trail development, a four-unit housing development for moderate-income families being built in Keene. The session is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Keene Town Hall. Adirondack Roots representatives will ...

Fawn Valley townhomes to go up for sale

LAKE PLACID — Sixteen new townhomes are now on the market in Lake Placid, more than three years after the Fawn Valley housing project was first announced by local developer Homestead Development Corporation. The 22-unit housing development is located on Pioneer Lane, off of Wesvalley ...

Renters displaced as units condemned

SARANAC LAKE — Several residents of an apartment building on Broadway are being ordered to move out of their homes after the village deemed their units “unfit for human occupancy” and condemned the structure. The property at 155 Broadway has been owned by landlord Bob Decker for many ...

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 ...