As the Shelburne Planning Commission sprints to finalize its rewrite of the town’s zoning bylaws, it’s time to assess their work and focus on what needs to be fixed.

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Township Manager Kevin O’Sullivan also announced at Monday night’s Town Council meeting that ... said that he believed Palmetto was operating without a license. He said that getting zoning approval ...

Many Vermont towns, including Milton, have zoning laws that limit high-density housing ... requiring a tenant to earn over $30 per hour to afford it without being cost-burdened. In Chittenden County ...

He bought the property after the school closed in 2019 without a solid idea for what it would become, or what its second life would mean for this teensy town on the Vermont-New York line.

Tuesday, March 4 is Town Meeting Day, when Vermonters across the state will ... has said she will establish rent controls over landlords and advocate for mixed-use zoning, which would allow multiple ...

A battle between the state auditor and the attorney general has erupted over the MBTA zoning law and whether or not the multi-family directive amounts to an unfunded mandate. Wrentham, Middleboro ...

Last year, Massachusetts passed a law that top elected officials characterized as “the largest housing investment” in state history. It authorized billions of dollars in borrowing to spur ...

Instead, state leaders should adopt a new zoning regime ... housing many towns used to build before the buildings were banned in most places — in single-family neighborhoods without dramatically ...

Six towns and villages in Westchester have zoning laws that push blacks and Hispanics into certain neighborhoods or have other problems that make them potentially exclusionary under federal law ...

Some properties are harder to make useful than others, and many small, rural towns often don’t have the time, money or expertise to make it happen. A statewide “land bank” program could help small ...