Every teacher in our schools, every nurse who offers comfort, every guide who keeps adventurers safe, every farmer who feeds our families — they all rely on something essential: a place to call home.
The Long Term Rental Project exists to support the community heroes who make those homes possible. By choosing long-term rental, Adirondack property owners help ensure that the people who keep our communities thriving can afford to live here, year-round.
Property owners who agree to participate in the program for one year receive guidance and a stipend of up to $5,000 to help offset the cost of transitioning the rental.
The problem: Many Adirondack communities don’t have enough year-round homes for the people who teach our children, care for our families, serve our businesses, and keep our towns running. At the same time, hundreds of housing units sit poised for conversion but remain locked in short-term use.
How we’re taking action: AdkAction is empowering willing property owners to become community heroes by converting existing units into long-term rentals. Through our Long Term Rental project, we provide tools, support, and modest financial incentives that make the transition easier and more rewarding. By working directly with landlords and partners across the region, we’re helping unlock immediate housing options for the people who keep the Adirondacks thriving year-round.
AdkAction’s Long Term Rental project is working to unlock immediate, meaningful housing opportunities across the Adirondacks. We provide property owners with the tools, support, and confidence they need to convert an existing unit — often a short-term rental — into a stable home for a local resident.
Our approach is simple: positive, voluntary, and community-driven. We help willing homeowners navigate the transition to long-term rental with resources that make the process easier, more predictable, and more rewarding. To honor the value long-term landlords bring to their communities, we offer modest financial incentives of up to $5,000 to help offset any revenue differences when transitioning from short-term to long-term rental.
Applications are approved on a rolling basis. If you are a property owner interested in becoming a long-term rental landlord, please fill out the interest form below and we’ll get in touch with you to answer your questions and complete your enrollment if approved.
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