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Hamptons affordable housing efforts yield slow progress
Narrative Analysis: Plain Folks

The persistent “trade parade” — the daily procession of workers trekking into the Hamptons from points west — has long highlighted how the housing crisis in the Hamptons has outrun years of policy talk. Available living space for anyone not wealthy remains limited across the East End, even as the region’s policymakers have devoted meetings and discussions to the quandary. Several years ago, the region, home to several of the country’s priciest housing markets, found a promising tool: the Peconic Bay Community Housing Fund. A 0.5 percent tax was tacked onto home sales in Southampton, East Hampton, Southold and Shelter []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
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