Since the middle of last month, 140 elected and appointed officials, municipal employees, and members of town boards, committees, and commissions on Cape Cod have come together to learn about ways they can begin to address the affordable housing needs [...]
Substance abuse treatment that serves homeless Cape and Islands residents is lacking, leaving the fringe demographic at risk and perpetuating the cycle of homelessness, addiction and societal expense, according to a new white paper written by Noah Hoffenberg, HAC’s director [...]
HAC's Ann Marie Peters oversees the agency's Housing First efforts. When it comes to helping the homeless, providing shelter is not the only answer. For the past decade, HAC has used the Housing First model as a way to support chronically [...]
Vietnam veteran Daniel Paulsen in front of one of the apartment units at Melpet Farm. The real impact of developing affordable housing on Cape Cod can be witnessed in the people that it helps. They are not unlike Vietnam veteran [...]
There are many ways to celebrate a birthday, but living at a campground with three children is probably not the way 30-year-old Amanda* envisioned the transition to 31 would occur. […]
HAC’s Deanna Bussiere chats with illustrator John Sullivan who created the logo for The Cape Cod Quahog Challenge. When it comes to food, perhaps no dish is as synonymous with Cape Cod as the stuffed quahog. […]
Each quarter HAC teams up with a local business and holds a drive for basic home goods for clients making the transition from shelter to permanent housing. […]
Scott and Lynn Durante with their children Hailey (from left), Anthony, Charlotte, Elizabeth and Jeweleann in their Cotuit home. How does one celebrate becoming a first-time homeowner? […]
WCAI’s Sean Corcoran sings “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” with several students from the Nathaniel H. Wixon Innovation School. During the first hour of the 11th Annual Shelter Cape Cod Telethon, State Representative Timothy Madden made his way onto the festively [...]
