Hopkinton
Real Estate
A tough housing hunt for young people
A key point in the Adirondack housing shortage is that it’s disproportionately affecting young people, the result of which shows up in Adirondack Park demographics. Franklin County, for example, lost almost a quarter of its population under the age of 45 from 2000 to 2020. Just to the south, Hamilton County lost nearly half.
Taking Stock of Housing: Market mayhem
Why we can’t ‘single family home our way out’ of this dilemma. Thumbing through a 2023 report underwritten by the Lake Champlain/Lake George Planning Board, Jeremy Evans, director of the Franklin County Industrial Development Agency, was stopped cold by one particular factoid: The cost of building a 1,000-square-foot home in the Adirondacks is $250,000 to $300,000.
Region’s housing problems revealed
Comprehensive study digs into roots of Adirondacks’ housing issues, offers solutions. The region’s housing market is negatively affecting more than 20,000 households in a four-county region. That’s according to a comprehensive new study that outlines the multiple barriers that stand between people and a place to call home.
Studying the housing problem
Consultants reveal initial findings to Adirondack communities. Multiple factors are contributing to the Adirondack housing crisis, but signs of trouble can conceivably be traced to the housing crash and subsequent financial meltdown in 2008, according to a new analysis by a Saratoga Springs economic development firm. Camoin Associates is studying...
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