The once-shameful stereotype of the 30-year-old living in their parents’ basement is now the norm for many young people, for a multitude of reasons: Crushing student loan debt (degrees no longer pay for themselves); job scarcity in their fields (often compounded by low starting wages or ...
MORGANTOWN -- It’s been known simply as the former Ramada Inn since early 2019. That’s when the idea to turn an old hotel and surrounding 10-acre property on Scott Avenue into a hub for social services was first made public. Thanks to the generosity and efforts of many, and $3.5 ...
BY JESSICA NELSON AND GABRIELLA BROWN Real estate in and around Morgantown is expensive, and affordability is a barrier to many people looking to buy a house. White Diamond Realty’s snapshot statistics for 2021 put the average price for a detached home over $329,000 and the average price ...
by Jessica Nelson and Gabriella BrownNewsroom@DominionPost.com Ask young people in Morgantown why they don’t put down roots here and many will tell you the same thing: They can’t afford it. “I don’t know when we’d be able to buy a house,” Melanie Raleigh said. “At the very ...
MORGANTOWN —Three Morgantown City Council candidates gathered at the former Diamond Village encampment to bring awareness to housing insecurity and discuss plans to make housing more accessible. “I know we have a long way to go, but it is my firm belief that we can start down a path ...
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