As home prices soar, would-be homebuyers stick with renting. Competition for decent rentals is fierce, with landlords taking hundreds of applications per vacancy.
Tag: affordable housing
Posted inlinkinbio, The Chat
The Chat: New Bedford’s housing crisis — can the pandemic relief funds help?
Mayor Jon Mitchell’s recommendations for spending New Bedford’s COVID-19 relief money do not make housing one of the highest spending priorities. Housing advocates say that’s misguided.
Posted inJack Spillane column
Community Preservation Act could fuel 3 affordable housing projects
These government incentive-grants have enabled the preservation and reuse development of historic structures across the city for what New Bedford greatly needs right now — a larger and better-quality affordable housing stock.