With the U.S. Supreme Court reversing the CDC’s eviction moratorium yesterday, Cape Codders who are struggling to pay their rent are now at risk of losing their housing. “At a time when Covid cases are rising and our homes [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has instituted a new eviction moratorium that replaces the one recently expired. This moratorium is targeted to counties that have substantial and high levels of COVID-19, which currently includes Barnstable, Dukes, [...]
When the pandemic hit last year, the hair salon where Melissa* worked shut down for three months. When it finally reopened, “it was extremely slow because no one wanted to come in and get their hair done,” she said. [...]
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 [...]
In the first week since Governor Charlie Baker ordered the shutdown on non-essential business, Housing Assistance Corporation has received a dramatic influx of calls and emails asking for urgent assistance. The agency has established the Workforce Housing Relief Fund [...]
Housing Assistance has established the Workforce Housing Relief Fund to provide urgent and ongoing assistance with past due rent or mortgage payments or other housing-related expenses for current, year-round Cape Cod and Island residents who are losing income due [...]
Century 21 North Shore Cape Cod Realtor Joanne Stephenson (second from right) with HAC Volunteer Coordinator Mary Everett-Patriquin, Event Coordinator Deanna Bussiere, and Family Self-Sufficiency Coordinator Jan Nelson. With a number of HAC clients, the ability to have the Thanksgiving [...]
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 [...]
