HAC Intern Has Passion for Helping Others
Ashley McCloud (second from left) with HAC’s Margaret Benaka (from left), Ruth Bechtold, Suzanne Smith, Jo Ann Cournoyer and Mary Everett-Patriquin on the final day of her internship. When she graduates from Wheaton College next May, Ashley McCloud plans to [...]
HAC Restructures HCEC to Better Serve Clients
Liz Belcher, HAC’s Information and Client Services Manager, in the agency’s newly redesigned reception area. In the coming weeks, HAC will be altering the way it conducts intake for those seeking assistance at its Hyannis office on 460 West Main [...]
HAC’s Down Payment Program Helps Working Family
Thanks to HAC’s support, Lashaunda Shepherd was able to spend the holidays with her husband and their two children in a new home. The Down Payment and Closing Cost Program that HAC administers for Barnstable County is one of the [...]
Preparing Residents to Become Homeowners on Cape Cod
HAC Housing Counselor Karin Bar teaches a First-Time Homebuyer workshop in September. The classes are offered in four-day or two-day sessions as well as online for those unable to attend in person. On the last Thursday of September, 36 people [...]
Angel House Clients Build Life Skill Competencies
HAC HCEC Manager Cheryl Kramer (fourth from left) with several of the Angel House clients who took her most recent financial literacy classes. Last fall, a client at Angel House took a series of financial literacy classes taught by HAC’s [...]
Editorial: Threats to HCEC Funding
Since I arrived at HAC in January, I have been struck by the number of people that our agency is able to help on a daily basis. Last year alone we provided over 5,600 clients with the housing services they [...]
HAC Stresses Need for State Funding of Vital Programs
HAC's Cassi Danzl (from left), Liz Belcher, CEO Alisa Galazzi and Laura Reckford with State Representative Will Crocker. HAC’s leadership visited the State House last month, pushing for funding of programs that help those most in need on Cape Cod [...]
Cassi Danzl Leads Family and Individual Services
Cassi Danzl joined HAC in January. She oversees the agency’s Family and Individual Services Department which includes housing search, homelessness prevention, HAC’s financial literacy workshops and homeless outreach efforts throughout Cape Cod. One of the first things visitors to Cassi [...]
HCEC Classes a Gift to Angel House Clients
HCEC Manager Cheryl Kramer (third from left) with several of the Angel House mothers who have benefitted from her financial literacy classes. Over the course of 45 minutes in the middle of November, Cheryl Kramer, HAC’s Housing Consumer Education Center [...]
HAC Turns Dreams of Homeownership into a Reality
Troy and Beth Smith with their 17-year-old son Julian. Now that they are homeowners, Beth said, “I feel like we’re a part of the community. I feel like we really belong on Cape Cod.” This past summer, Troy, Beth and [...]
HCEC Teaches Shelter Clients
Cheryl Kramer (front center) poses with her HCEC students from Angel House. A funny thing happened at the end of May when HAC’s Housing Consumer Education Center (HCEC) manager Cheryl Kramer finished up a budgeting and credit education workshop at [...]
HAC Offers Free HCEC Classes
HAC’s Cheryl Kramer with CCYP Board Member Ryan Castle. Housing is one of the obstacles preventing young professionals from moving to Cape Cod and staying here. The Cape Cod Young Professionals (CCYP) is trying to change that by “moving the [...]
HAC to Hold Utility Assistance Workshop in August
Housing Assistance Corporation (HAC) will be holding a free Utility Assistance Workshop on Tuesday, August 4, from 1 to 3 pm, at 460 West Main Street in Hyannis. […]
Free Foreclosure Prevention Counseling
Foreclosure counseling is free at Housing Assistance Corporation for anyone whose primary residence is on Cape Cod or the Islands. There are no income or mortgage limits. […]
Vineyard Man Avoids Foreclosure, With HAC’s Help
Of the many ways that Housing Assistance Corporation helps people, foreclosure prevention counseling is the one that quietly saves families from potential disaster. […]
Upcoming HAC Workshops
All classes are held in Conference Room A at Housing Assistance Corporation, 460 West Main St., Hyannis. Completing Housing Applications –Free. One session, meets 6-9 p.m. Jan. 14.Be a Smart Tenant – Free. One session, meets 6-9 p.m. Jan. 28. [...]