Housing Assistance Corporation was founded in 1974 as a pilot project to test the use of rental vouchers to help secure housing for year-round workers on Cape Cod. Since that time, our programs have expanded to assist more than 190,000 low- and middle income households on Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.

We serve more than 6,000 households each year in three main areas:

Homelessness Prevention

We operate family shelters across Cape Cod that serve more than 236 people, including 138 children last year. Our Homeless Outreach Team worked with 244 homeless individuals last year. We also provided emergency crisis assistance to more than 918 households last year to help them stay in their homes and avoid entering the shelter system.

Housing Stabilization

We promote Family Self-Sufficiency through Section 8 vouchers and multi-year mentoring programs – over 2,000 households are served annually; we promote energy efficiency through more than 750 energy audits per year and no or low-cost energy efficient devices; and we have developed and/or manage more than 600 affordable housing units.

Empowerment

Approximately 2,000 households last year received counseling, education and resources they needed to get housed, stay housed, and further their personal financial goals. In addition, we trained more than 140 municipal officials regarding affordable housing development and our goal is to train more than 200 community advocates to work with towns to promote new affordable housing.