Planning Board Supports Rezoning Professional Research Park to Include Housing
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, July 1, 2026 This meeting was...
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Mass High Court Strikes Rent Control Question From Ballot
by Chris Lisinski and Jennifer Smith The following story appeared originally in the CommonWealth Beacon...
Housing Activists Vow to Continue Campaign After Ban of Rent Control Ballot Initiative
Source: The Keep Massachusetts Home Campaign The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today issued a decision...
Opinion: Could a Fair Rent Pledge Work in Amherst?
The following column was written with the assistance of Perplexity AI. A copy was also...
Town Council Approves Rent Stabilization Resolution
Report on the Meeting of the Town Council, June 15, 2026, Part 2 Read Part...
ZBA Grants Special Permit for Five-Unit Affordable Homeownership Project on Amity Street
Report on the Meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals, June 11, 2026 By Maura...
What is Rent Control?
The following is adapted from the Metropolitan Planning Council fact sheet. Rent control is a...
Questions from The Front Lines of the Housing Crisis
by Charles Marohn What I heard in Des Moines, IA, from the people trying to...
Beacon Withdraws Plans for 140-Unit Housing Complex in North Amherst
Beacon Communities Vice President for Development Darcy Jameson informed Town Manager Paul Bockelman and Director...
Affordable Housing Trust Contributes to Solar Panels on Amherst Community Homes Project
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Municipal Affordable Housing Trust, May 14, 2026 This...
Two-Thirds of Applicants for Amherst Community Homes Qualify for Local Preference
Report on the Meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals, April 23, 2026 This meeting...
Neighbors Unhappy with Beacon’s Plan to Build 140 Units in North Amherst
At a community meeting held at the Amherst Survival Center on the evening of April...