Petersburg sets up task force to look for solutions to lack of housing

The Petersburg Borough Assembly, which is creating a task force to look for solutions to the housing shortage in the community, held a work session Aug. 29 to get a better understanding of the challenges in developing or purchasing homes.

Assembly Member Dave Kensinger spoke on changing the zoning codes to make building affordable houses possible, and shared his concern that people cannot move to Petersburg if they do not have a place to live.

Some of the potential changes to the zoning codes discussed included allowing the development of more attached homes, condos and fourplexes to fit more...