Editorial by by Alisa Magnotta Facts matter. However, often we use our intuition or perception to form opinions and make decisions. There is a phenomenon called the graveyard spiral whereby distorted thinking overcomes a pilot and they slowly tilt [...]
Housing Assistance Corporation is inviting first-time homebuyers seeking to become homeowners on Cape Cod to a Virtual Info Session for three affordable homes being built on Kendall Lane in Falmouth, on Wednesday, February 16, 5:30-6:30 pm. People can register [...]
Georgia McDonald and her mother Sylvia. The pair recently moved into a home in South Yarmouth that Georgia purchased with help from our real estate department. Before Georgia McDonald and her 72-year-old mother Sylvia moved into their 3-bedroom home in South [...]
Click here to read the PDF of Banker & Tradesmen's January 2022 article on the Cape's housing crisis.
First-time homebuyers interested in becoming a homeowner are invited to submit an application for an affordable housing lottery for 6 affordable homes being built as part of The Residences at Nemasket River in Lakeville. Consisting of 3 bedrooms and [...]
Editorial by Alisa Magnotta Find out how you can get involved at our new website: HousingToProtectCapeCod.org While many people agree we need to create more housing diversity and affordability, when it comes to town reviews of specific projects, the process often [...]
Housing Assistance CEO Alisa Magnotta (third from left) joined state and local officials in a groundbreaking for Brewster Woods in June. By this time next year, roughly 60 people will be settling into 30 new apartments that Housing [...]
A special thanks to this year's Oysters & Champagne Fundraising Ambassadors, Cape Cod Five CEO Dorothy Savarese (from left), Cape Air CEO Dan Wolf, and Shepley Wood Products President Tony Shepley. In the middle of July, nearly 200 [...]
Applications are now being accepted for 36 new affordable 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments being constructed at 497 Route 28 in West Yarmouth. Download a Pre-Application Now The Residences at Yarmouth Gardens offers modern luxuries at a price [...]
Social media design example for housing advocacy by 180 Degrees Consulting This spring, a group of students from various marketing, design, social science and management disciplines conducted a study of ways that Housing Assistance could use social media [...]
Register Now! If you’ve ever wondered how to get educated and involved in changing housing policy, or if you already are involved in housing advocacy and looking to engage with other like-minded individuals, Housing Assistance Corporation encourages you [...]
Editorial by Alisa Magnotta We’ve all seen the news about skyrocketing housing prices in our region since the pandemic hit. That has made our longstanding housing crunch even more severe. We simply do not have enough housing at an affordable [...]
Since its inception in 1974, Housing Assistance has developed over 550 units of affordable housing on Cape Cod and the Islands. In the next few years, that number will increase significantly as our agency works to construct three separate [...]
When it comes to developing affordable housing, it’s a community effort. That was certainly the case with FORWARD at the Rock, a new development completed on Hokum Rock Road in Dennis. Featuring eight affordable apartments for adults on the [...]
Even before the pandemic hit, the housing crisis on Cape Cod was at a tipping point. One indication could be seen in this statistic: pre-COVID, 45 percent of renters in our region were either extremely cost burdened or burdened. “What [...]
A little over seven years ago, Keith Trott saw an ad for a part-time position at Housing Assistance overseeing maintenance at our Carriage House and Village at Cataumet family shelters. It came at the perfect time for Trott who had [...]
Addressing systemic racism and economic exclusion in housing zoning and policy have been a focus of our agency since our inception, as it has been for all who support affordable housing and housing equity. Our communities did not become segregated [...]
The Ready Renters Program is currently accepting applications on a rolling basis for 5 affordable apartments in Dennis, Falmouth, and Yarmouth through Friday November 20. The available units include: 2-Bedroom Affordable Apartment at 72 Swan River Road in West [...]
Matt Bolinder still remembers the day he first saw his credit score. “At the time, my girlfriend, who is now my wife, was working with me and we went on Credit Karma. I got incredibly emotional. It was like a [...]
While most of Housing Assistance’s services were able to continue in the midst of the pandemic, our Energy Department was forced to take a brief pause. The department, which conducts energy audits of people’s homes, didn’t have protocols in [...]
