Ethics Board
Affordable Housing
House market continues skid; are you reducing the price to sell your home?
Prices, sales dip in Dutchess
Paterson welcomes affordable housing
HUDSON - For Clyde Wilburn, an apartment in the new Crosswinds at Hudson development is both affordable and convenient for his family.
Counties' housing sales drop
June home sales were down for both Dutchess and Ulster counties compared to a year ago, new reports show. But average selling prices increased slightly in Ulster.
Citizens group pushes for low-income and affordable housing
NEWBURGH – The group Community Voices Heard wants City of Newburgh officials to hear their message loud and clear, that they believe the city needs more low-income and affordable housing.
Senior housing complex opens in Red Hook
RED HOOK - Red Hook Commons was christened at a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony as affordably priced apartment housing for senior citizens in the area.
Region needs to be more ‘family friendly’ when it comes to housing says RPA chief
POUGHKEEPSIE - The Hudson Valley needs a return to zoning plans that are more family friendly to fully obtain peak economic gains, according to an economic expert from Manhattan who spoke at a Pattern for Progress housing conference.
48 homes finished in Red Hook
RED HOOK — A smattering of state and local officials were at the Red Hook Commons affordable senior housing complex Tuesday to formally celebrate phase two of the project.
Home prices, sales decline - Report: Year-to-year numbers way down
A string of negatives appears before nearly all the key numbers in the latest report on home sales and prices in Dutchess.
Study: Let soil dictate housing density - Septic systems can harm water
MILLBROOK - The density of houses in rural areas should be limited according to the soils beneath them, to ensure that wells have adequate water and that they aren't contaminated by nearby septic systems. -- Poughkeepsie Journal
Columbia County is out-pricing itself for housing
The average income of a Columbia County resident is about $30,000 – a working couple could pull in $60,000 – making it very difficult for them to buy a house there, according to Kevin O’Neill, executive director of Housing Resources of Columbia County, Inc. -- MidHudsonNews
Rents rising steadily in Dutchess - Survey shows increase higher than in Ulster
Poughkeepsie Journal - Rents continue to rise, but faster in Dutchess County than in Ulster, a survey by a realty firm shows.
Editorial: Housing strides are minor wins
Poughkeepsie Journal - Ever so slowly, Hudson Valley communities are waking up to a cold realization - housing prices are beyond the financial reach of many workers here.
Low-income homes given a head start - Government incentives create subsidized projects for Dutchess
Poughkeepsie Journal - RED HOOK - Producing housing at a cost ordinary people can afford has become increasingly tough in the perpetually pricey mid-Hudson. But it can be done.
House building on 'green' ideals - Foundation project promotes energy efficiency
Poughkeepsie Journal - A unique home under construction in the Town of Red Hook will be the "greenest" building in New York. That's the goal of the Common Fire Foundation, a nonprofit group founded by a couple now living in northern Dutchess County.
Kingston welcomes subsidized housing project
Daily Freeman - Developer Steve Aaron promised Monday to help offset college costs each year for one student from his new affordable housing complex on Flatbush Avenue.
Ulster County’s first affordable workforce housing complex opens
The first workforce affordable housing complex in Ulster County was dedicated today in the City of Kingston. The 82-unit Birchwood Village project, built by Birchez Associates, is fully leased, said Birchez managing partner Steven Aaron.
E. Fishkill cheers affordable housing - '02 law made homes reality
Poughkeepsie Journal - Four newly constructed homes are for sale in the Town of East Fishkill at $182,600 apiece. In a town where half the homes sold for more than $430,000 during the first sixth months of the year, that's likely to be too good an offer to pass up for many. But competition promises to be stiff.
Red Hook industrial site to be cleaned - Housing planned on old property
Poughkeepsie Journal - Anyone with fond memories of the old frozen food facility at the southern edge of the Village of Red Hook better catch a glimpse of the site now. On Wednesday, county, state and local officials announced remediation has begun for the old site formerly known as the Perx property.
Red Hook senior housing nears groundbreaking - Demolition and site clearing is already under way
MidHudsonNews - Groundbreaking for the first of 96 units of senior citizen affordable housing on the old Perx property on Route in Red Hook will take place next spring.
The New Math on New Houses and School Taxes –a bad mix
At a time when assessments have Red Hook resident's school taxes at all-time highs, the question of WHY looms large.
