Southampton is trying to rebalance the Hamptons housing map and it’s starting east of the Shinnecock Canal. The town board this month unanimously approved an affordable housing overlay district designed to push workforce housing into the area’s most expensive enclaves, where sky-high home prices have long priced out the year-round labor force. The move creates a pathway for small- to mid-sized affordable projects in places that have historically been off-limits, Newsday reported. The overlay allows developments with 10 to 35 affordable units on parcels zoned for business or single-family use, provided they receive subsidies from the town’s Community Housing Fund.  […]

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