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Commissioner urges countywide housing task force after study finds inventory shortages and aging stock
Summary
A commissioner presented a nearly 300‑page housing study showing tight supply, aging housing stock and renter cost burdens, and proposed forming a countywide housing task force to coordinate municipalities, developers, nonprofits and lenders to preserve, repair and expand usable housing.
A commissioner told the Lackawanna County board on April 15 that a recently completed county housing study shows the county’s housing market is at a breaking point and proposed a countywide housing task force to coordinate a regional response.
The study, prepared with the Institute for Public Policy and regional partners, is nearly 300 pages and compiles census data, market analysis and stakeholder interviews. The commissioner summarized several findings: housing inventory has fallen sharply…
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