The Albany Common Council has passed a series of local fair housing laws introduced by Mayor Kathy Sheehan in March. The Democrat running for a third term says the package allows the buildings department to intervene to make repairs to dwellings rather than declaring them unsafe and displacing residents, with the owner billed for the cost of repairs. The goal is to reduce the number of abandoned buildings in the city. In a first, the measure also forces landlords to demonstrate “good cause” to evict tenants, and prohibits rent increases of more than 5% a year when they are used to circumvent eviction laws. We speak with Mayor Sheehan.
In an exclusive interview with WAMC, Holyoke, Massachusetts Mayor and Democratic congressional primary candidate Alex Morse responds to questions about alleged misconduct with students...
On this episode, our special housing series takes us to Western Massachusetts and Albany.
With just months remaining in his debut two-year term, Pittsfield, Massachusetts city councilor Charles Kronick told WAMC in June that he wouldn’t be seeking...