Patricia R. Doxsey reports in the Daily Freeman that Ulster County has a proposal to better the affordable housing situation locally with a public hearing at 7:15 p.m. March 21 on a proposed local law defining affordable housing as a “county purpose,” and a vital function of the county’s services. Approval of that law would give the county broad powers to develop, manage, and maintain affordable housing projects in the county. Currently, they can regulate and incentivize others building housing but need a new law to create new affordable housing. The public hearing was originally scheduled for March 14, but the snow storm postponed the meeting a week. Read more about this story in the Daily Freeman.