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Telethon for Hope Raises Over $72,000 With Help from Key Supporters
Mid-Cape Home Centers once again showed its support for Housing Assistance in an impressive way during the 19th annual Telethon for Hope. Mid-Cape’s team – Andrew Loucks, Austin O'Brien, Michelle L. Gemborys, Fallon Rice, Crystal Pieschel, Ronda Ciocca, Leah Fennell [...]
Community leaders to gather to discuss housing solutions
Housing Assistance, in collaboration with the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, will convene meetings of 30 business and nonprofit leaders to discuss ways to approach Cape Cod’s housing crisis on a regional and statewide level. The sessions, to be held [...]
Year-End Donations Get Doubled Thanks to a Generous Donor
Housing Assistance’s year-end giving campaign started with a lofty goal but had help from a major commitment. An anonymous donor pledged to match all donations to Housing Assistance from December 15 through the end of the year up to a [...]
Community Holiday Donations Deliver Joy
Dozens of sleeping bags and hundreds of gift bags and gift cards were among the many donations that came into the Housing Assistance office in Hyannis to give comfort and cheer to some of our neediest neighbors during the holiday [...]
‘In Some Way, Shape or Form, We’re All Affected’
DONOR SPOTLIGHT | Cape Cod 5 Leaders of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank see the housing crisis from many angles, whether it’s first-time homebuyers who are priced out of the market or employees who have to endure long [...]
Coalition Charts New Paths to Ease Housing Crisis
With Cape Cod experiencing an unprecedented crisis in housing, local leaders are looking for new approaches to address the problem. That’s why Housing Assistance created a new partnership with Cape Cod and Islands Association of REALTORS®, the Cape Cod Chamber [...]
Is a Tax-Efficient Gift Right for You?
Are you looking for other ways to support Housing Assistance Corporation beyond writing a check or using a credit card? We asked three Housing Assistance supporters to tell why they chose three tax-efficient ways to give. Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) [...]
Housing Assistance Strengthens Development and Communications Team
From left to right: Patricia Mitrokostas, Catherine Clark and Kathryn Eident Housing Assistance recently named Patricia Mitrokostas, Catherine Clark and Kathryn Eident to senior positions within the organization. Patricia Mitrokostas was hired as senior director of grants and [...]
Big Fix Makes a Difference One Person at a Time
Six homeowners in five towns had their homes and lives transformed when Big Fix volunteers performed repairs and landscaping projects. This year's Big Fixes took place between June and October in Falmouth, Pocasset, West Dennis, Centerville, Harwich and Hyannis. “We [...]
Two Generations of Assisting Crisis Victims
When Liz Belcher, information client services manager for Housing Assistance, was asked to help with the organization’s efforts to assist the Venezuelan migrants, it brought back a lot of memories for her family. Her mother, Allison Alewine, performed a similar [...]
Give HOPE This Giving Season!
Will you embrace the season of giving and help our many neighbors in need? Our 19th Annual Telethon for Hope starts on November 28, as we engage our supporters virtually throughout a 12 Day Give-A-Thon. Using our social media channels, [...]
Housing Assistance to Open New Office in Orleans
Friends and supporters of Housing Assistance are invited to attend a Home for the Holidays Open House at the new Housing Assistance office in Orleans. The event will take place from 3-6 p.m. Monday, December 12, at 78 Route 6A, [...]
Housing Assistance Helps Venezuelan Migrants
It made national news in September when 48 migrants, many of them Venezuelan, landed on Martha’s Vineyard in two charter planes sent by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. As the only local contractor designated by the state Department of Housing and [...]
‘Housing Is a Problem That Affects All of Us’
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: Shepley Wood Products Shepley Wood Products has supported Housing Assistance “probably longer than any of us can remember,” according to Tony Shepley, president of the company. “I view ‘civic rent’ as a social obligation that we should pay [...]
EDITORIAL: Housing crisis is an economic & community crisis
By Alisa Magnotta Cape Cod is losing nearly 1,000 households a year. Many of these households are making $100,000. That bleak figure is expected to rise to 1,500 households annually over the next two years. This data is from a [...]
Housing Summit Draws 300 for ‘Day One of Action’
“We have to be the change we want to see.” So said Housing Assistance chief executive officer Alisa Magnotta in her closing remarks at the Housing to Protect Cape Cod Summit earlier this month. The event, which drew a crowd [...]
Governor Elect Maura Healey Appoints Housing Assistance CEO to Transition Committee
Alisa Magnotta named as co-chair of the Housing Policy Committee As a first step in her commitment to address divergent needs across the state, Governor-elect Maura Healey created six policy committees as part of her transition team to be led [...]
Housing: Together We Can Thrive
by Alisa Magnotta The adage “we are stronger together” couldn’t ring more true than when it comes to dealing with Cape Cod’s housing challenges. When we work together, we can accomplish more, faster. Toward that end, on November 3rd we’re officially [...]
THRIVE Program Assists Cape Workforce
Launched in 2022, Housing Assistance’s new THRIVE (Tools to Help Residents in a Vulnerable Economy) program provides essential housing support for those employed in the childcare industry or those working with people with developmental disabilities. Every day, Housing Assistance receives [...]
Upcoming Housing Advocacy Trainings and Events
This fall, commit to taking one action to address the housing crisis! As a busy Cape Cod summer comes to a close, it’s time to start thinking about the issues that face us year-round. We’re headed into Fall Town Meeting [...]