Faced with a housing crunch, a local move to ‘do something’

Faced with a housing crunch, a local move to ‘do something’

PRICES ARE BALLOONING, unit construction is stagnating, populations are declining, and a housing crisis deserves to be treated as such, the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates declared on Wednesday.The regional legislative body voted 14-1, which counts as 79 percent to 21 percent because the delegates’ votes are weighted by their town’s population, in favor of a resolution declaring a housing crisis on Cape Cod. With limited county powers, t…

Faced with a Housing Crunch, Cape Cod Makes Move to 'Do Something'

Prices are ballooning, unit construction is stagnating, populations are declining and a housing crisis deserves to be treated as such, Barnstable County's legislature said last week.