Employer-Owned Housing and Other Workforce Housing Solutions

East Hampton Town is considering a proposal for the site of the former Stern’s department store to be redeveloped with 48 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, which will then be sold to local employers to house their employees. Kirby Marcantonio, the publisher of Montauk Life and Hamptons Life magazines, and a group of investors is pitching the novel solution to East Hampton’s workforce housing crisis. Reporter Christopher Walsh joins the editors on the podcast to discuss these plans and other affordable housing solutions.