Egremont Municipal Housing Trust

Housing Trust Board advocates for consolidated CPA housing allocation. The Board agreed to seek 80 percent of Community Preservation Act funds as a single bucket grant, citing efficiency gains and elimination of repeated town meeting approvals for individual projects. Members also revised the

Egremont Housing Trust Board caps short-term rentals at 50 properties and 150 nights annually. The board voted 10-1 (Evan Hardcastle dissenting) on the property limit and approved the night cap unanimously. Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved the Chapter 40B Comprehensive Permit for the

Housing Trust Board advances short-term rental bylaw amendments following community feedback. The Board agreed to cap short-term rentals at approximately 10 percent of town housing stock and to allow unlimited rental nights for owner-occupied premises where residents rent rooms within their homes,

Housing Trust and Planning Board present competing short-term rental proposals. Chair Mary McGurn outlined a zoning bylaw permitting short-term rentals by right in village and rural districts with site-based parking and access standards; Vice-Chair Doug Mishkin presented a general bylaw capping

Egremont Housing Trust Board advances short-term rental bylaw toward June town meeting. The board voted unanimously to recommend the bylaw, as amended, to the Select Board for placement on the June 10th special town meeting agenda, after debating whether to modify the previously adopted 50-unit cap