Heather Bellow reports in The Berkshire Eagle that Great Barrington's Select Board’s Housing Subcommittee Chair, Leigh Davis, is proposing a real estate tax break for anyone who offers year-round affordable rentals on a portion of their property. If the Great Barrington board approves of the idea, the proposal could come before town voters at annual town meeting in May. Officials are looking at an affordable housing rental exemption in Provincetown as an example of one way to help the affordable housing crisis locally. David said, “It encourages affordable housing within neighborhoods and it's a 'scattered sites' approach." The entire area has seen soaring housing prices in recent years, and a shortage of affordable housing. Davis also wants the town to consider levying a 0.5 percent to two percent fee on some real estate transactions to add to the town’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Read more about this story in The Berkshire Eagle.