These funds are a natural extension of what we have done to get our towns to the point of submitting a plan for certification. Our help extends to the next step, which is actually putting these affordable housing plans into action.

What should have been done is a cost-benefit analysis to see if it would be better now to invest in the house and pay for it in cash, or if that money would be better spent for a boiler or new technology.

We are falling within the mandate that the Legislature gave us.

You can have a lot of activity, but if you don't have the right outcome, everything is for naught.