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 [...]
Our CEO Alisa Magnotta Galazzi spoke at the State House hearing yesterday in favor of Governor Baker's Housing Choice Bill. It's an important step toward real improvements in access to affordable housing. Statement text: I’m Alisa Magnotta Galazzi, CEO of [...]
With Cape Cod towns set to receive an influx of revenue from the state’s recent adoption of the short-term rental tax, Housing Assistance Corporation has joined together with three other organizations to ensure resources are allocated to fund the region’s future [...]
Living year-round on Cape Cod is not a place for the faint of heart or those who want to go fast. It’s a place where deep connections and a sense of community are sustained. It’s a place where awe-inspiring beauty [...]
At Housing Assistance Corporation, we have been on the frontlines of providing affordable housing since 1974. Today, our challenges have never been greater. The shrinking supply of year-round housing is getting worse. It is impacting families, businesses, and municipalities. [...]
Matt Pitta (left), co-host of last month’s Shelter Cape Cod Telethon, interviews longtime HAC supporter Paul Hebert about the region’s housing issues. When Paul and Carolyn Hebert arrived on Cape Cod in 1981 with their three daughters Aimee, Mary and [...]
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 [...]
2016 Volunteer of the Year Ron Winner (second from left) with Tony (from left) and Lorraine Shepley and Ron’s wife Wendy Winner. Nearly five years ago Diane Barry came to Cape Cod at one of the lowest points in her [...]
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? […]
Santander Bank officials present HAC’s Julie Wake (third from right) with a $1,000 large mock-up check last week. On hand to present her with the check were bank manager Mwanyota Allen (from left), tellers Schericia Barber, Gerry Bowen and Laura [...]
Over the past 13 years David Augustinho has aimed to address the needs of the region’s private sector as the executive director of the Cape & Islands Workforce Investment Board. […]
2014 is HAC’s 40th year in business! I have been here the whole time.The undocumentable number of people we have helped now is 160,000! Even with the undeniable duplication contained in that number we must have helped at least 50,000. [...]
I was reminded of my own mortality a few weeks ago with the death of a good friend, Bob Murray. Bob worked right up until the end on the cause he believed in, affordable housing on Cape Cod. [...]
Cape Community Real Estate, Housing Assistance Corporation’s nonprofit real estate division, is buzzing. Deed-restricted homes that become available have been selling quickly through lotteries. […]
Ken and Janice Lyman of Yarmouthport have long been supporters of Housing Assistance Corporation’s Project Prevention through their church, St. Pius X Parish in South Yarmouth, but the couple decided they could do more. […]
The following is excerpted from a speech made at HAC’s annual meeting and volunteer recognition dinner […]
Enhanced Residential Program (60% of median income): […]
