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Previous projects supported through the sales tax include: improvements to the Rochester International Airport, the construction of Highway 52, and establishing the Career and Technical Education (CTECH) Center of Rochester

Hailey is taking a multi-pronged approach to address its housing crisis, writes City Administrator Lisa Horowitz.

ATTLEBORO -- The city council has voted to established a committee to issue scholarships to Attleboro students.

In Chapter 59 of the Laws of 2023, the New York State Legislature amended three aspects of the senior citizens exemption (Real Property Tax Law §467) and the exemption for persons with...

Although it doesn’t seem all that long ago, several things have changed in Pulaski County in the last two decades.

Great Barrington is looking for a new source of money to help people buy and stay in affordable homes. Select Board Vice Chair Leigh Davis took a trip to the

Advocates say the new bill's language gives cities and towns flexibility to do things like create exemptions for first-time homebuyers or impose the fee at a lower threshold in areas where the county median home sales price is lower than the state's.

“What it really says is, can our communities, can our cities, retain just a fraction of the wealth that is being created in this real estate boom,” Rep. Mike Connolly said.

State lawmakers, in collaboration with the Local Option for Housing Affordability (LOHA) Coalition and regional housing advocates, will be heading to the Massachusetts State House next week to show support for a bill that would allow municipalities to impose a fee on high value real estate transactions in order to support affordable housing.  Local collections […]

While the proposals vary, most would impose a fee between half a percent and 2 percent on high-dollar real estate transactions.