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Barnstable County forms housing working group to pursue regional solutions to development, sewer and zoning barriers
Summary
County administrator and delegates reported formation of an eight‑member housing working group that will focus on practical zoning, shared housing and water/sewer constraints; the group plans short‑term recommendations and continued outreach to town planners and housing specialists.
Barnstable County Administrator Michael Dutton and delegates told the Assembly on July 2 that the county has formed a housing working group to explore regional responses to the Cape's housing shortage. The group currently has eight core members drawn from town planners and affordable‑housing specialists and plans to meet repeatedly to develop practical proposals.
The working group aims to focus first on operational obstacles flagged by municipal planners: local opposition to new projects (often called…
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