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Taking Stock of Housing event focuses on Adirondack issues
For two hours on Wednesday, a broad array of advocates diagnosed the ailing Adirondack housing industry, and batted about plans for one day restoring it to health. The “Taking Stock of Housing” event at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake was organized by Adirondack Explorer, and brought together a wider-than-usual cross section of around 100 attendees: from finance to construction to government, nonprofits, philanthropists, educators, planners, economic development players, regulators and concerned citizens.
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.
Help is on the way: Saranac Lofts
Affordable apartments and commercial space in downtown Saranac Lake. What is it? A new two-building, 70-unit apartment and commercial-space project, including a 63-unit apartment building and a seven-unit building that includes commercial space. Where is it located? Between Broadway and Depot Street in Saranac Lake on 1.1 acres previously used...
When STRs became a household name, the Adirondack housing landscape was forever changed
Debate around short-term rentals has divided communities around the region. In the summer of 2008, two San Francisco roommates inflated an air mattress in their living room and called it a bed and breakfast — Airbed and Breakfast, to be exact. Using startup capital earned by selling Barack Obama- and John McCain-themed breakfast cereals at political conventions, they offered lodging online at Airbedandbreakfast.com, later shortened to Airbnb.com.
Adirondack housing at a crossroads
Adirondack communities take stock of housing inequalities. The Covid-19 pandemic and short-term rentals are typically blamed for a critical shortage of housing in the Adirondack Park. But while they were certainly catalysts, the predicament was born of a complex web of cultural shifts, public policy decisions, land-use regulations, new technology and other disparate factors, some dating back to the 19th century.
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.
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