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By PATRICK ADRIAN

HANOVER — Residents shared a mix of views about town plans to develop workforce housing on 5 acres of land, which has been subdivided from the conserved Mink Brook Community Forest, at a public forum on Monday.While many participants voiced support...

HANOVER — The Selectboard will host a public meeting on Monday to discuss plans for a workforce housing project on a 5-acre parcel of conserved land in Mink Brook Community Forest. The town is currently drafting a purchase agreement with affordable...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — As part of an effort to encourage more housing, city councilors are considering removing a long-standing restriction that requires properties with an accessory-dwelling unit to be owner-occupied.In January, the City Council will be presented...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — On Monday, the nonprofit Twin Pines Housing Trust began accepting applications for two multi-family housing projects that are expected to open in about six months.Combined they will provide 82 apartment units for people making...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — The owners of the former Element Hotel on Route 120 are asking the city to allow long-term residential leases at the property AAM Lebanon Residences, a private equity firm based in Burlington, Mass., is seeking a zoning variance to allow...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

HANOVER — Condominium owners at Gile Hill are facing steep increases in their monthly homeowner fees to cover the costs of insurance and long-term maintenance.Last month, the board of directors for the Gile Hill Condominium Owner Association notified...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

HANOVER — Dartmouth College has announced new plans to build “apartment-style units” with a total of 250 to 300 beds on West Wheelock Street close to the heart of campus and has pulled back from plans to house hundreds of undergraduate students on...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

HANOVER — With rental homes making up one-third of the town’s housing stock, Hanover is launching a rental housing inspection program to ensure that tenants are living in safe, sanitary and code-compliant homes.Planning and Zoning Director Rob...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — City Councilors said last week they would consider a multi-year tax abatement to support the development of a 196-unit apartment complex at the site of the former Woolen Mill building on Foundry Street.On Wednesday, the City Council had an...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — Over 40 city residents attended a community meeting on Monday to voice their questions, concerns or support for a proposed seasonal emergency shelter for unhoused individuals. Opponents who raised objections focused on public safety and...

By JIM KENYON

The Upper Valley’s housing crunch is making it nearly impossible for many employers to persuade workers from other parts of the country to move here.But Dartmouth College has come up with a remedy.Granted, it’s no magic bullet. Only an ultra-wealthy...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

HANOVER — Town officials are in early negotiations with nonprofit developer Twin Pines Housing Trust for the acquisition of 5 acres of town-owned land on which to build workforce housing.Town Manager Alex Torpey said the Selectboard is currently...

Vermont is trying to thread the policy needle by promoting, on the one hand, affordable housing and, on the other, land conservation. This experiment, in the form of two bills passed by the Legislature this year, will test the proposition that these...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — City officials will seek new proposals to redevelop the former public works building at 20 Spencer St., after plans to build 94 apartments and street-level retail and commercial spaces collapsed.On Wednesday, the City Council recruited the...

By LOLA DUFFORT, PATRICK CROWLEY, KEVIN O’CONNOR, EMMA COTTON and ERIN PETENKO

Sitting on a curb behind the Colchester Quality Inn on Thursday and surrounded by all of her belongings packed into grocery bags, Rebecca Bussard was crying. Her phone in her hand, she said she had been on hold for an hour and 20 minutes, waiting for...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WEST LEBANON — After acquiring three commercial properties on Main Street, the city will continue leasing to the existing business owners until decisions are made for the land’s future use.On Wednesday city officials closed on the purchase of 14, 28...

LEBANON — Affordable housing nonprofit Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity is seeking a new executive director to replace Eva Loomis, who recently announced plans to leave the organization at the end of June. Loomis, who served six years as director,...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Developers are proposing an “extensive” apartment complex containing 240 residential units on Sykes Mountain Avenue, on an undeveloped 24-acre property sandwiched between existing single-family homes.The Hartford Planning...