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Residents and Town Leaders Explore Solutions to Housing Crisis at First Town Huddles
Teachers, firefighters and other residents are being “priced out of paradise,” Alan Hall, director of facilities at Outer Cape Health, told a room of about 40 people at a recent Harwich town huddle. The solution to the housing crisis, according to [...]
Donor Spotlight: Dellbrook | JKS
Longtime Sponsors Join Oysters & Champagne Team For its popular summer event, Oysters & Champagne, Housing Assistance is excited to have new host committee members from Dellbrook | JKS, one of the largest construction companies in the Northeast. CEO Mike [...]
HACbeat, March/April 2023
In this issue: Cover story: Residents and Town Leaders Explore Solutions to Housing Crisis at First Town Huddles Donor Spotlight: Dellbrook | JKS Complex Housing Issues Can Stir Difficult Emotions - Editorial by Alisa Magnotta Workshop Offers Tips and Tools for New [...]
Affordable Housing Development Provides Opportunities for Workers & Seniors
One piece of the puzzle in solving Cape Cod’s housing crisis is the construction of new affordable housing. Housing Assistance has built almost 600 units since we were founded and another 218 units are in the development pipeline. Brewster Woods [...]
2022 Annual Report
2022 was another busy year at Housing Assistance. In addition to helping more than 6,200 people with housing needs and services, we launched several innovative programs and initiatives with help from our partners, supporters and donors. Inside: Page 2: Coalition [...]
Digital HACbeat, February 2023
In this issue: Cover story: New Governor Focused on Housing and Hunger Page 2: New Board Chair Brings ‘Informed Passion’ to Role Page 3: A Year of Accomplishments, With More Hard Work Ahead - Editorial by Alisa Magnotta Page 4: Advocacy [...]
42-Unit Bourne Housing Project Gets State Funding
In December, then-Governor Charlie Baker announced $93.4 million in direct funding and $33 million in state and federal housing tax credits to support the development of 790 housing units across 14 projects. Among the projects is Cape View Way, a new [...]
Housing Assistance Celebrates Opening of Orleans Office
Housing Assistance is now serving residents on the Lower Cape and Outer Cape in a more accessible way with a new satellite office at 78 Route 6A, Orleans. The office is staffed with a full-time intake coordinator who can assess [...]
Town Huddles Convene to Advance HPCC Goals on the Local Level
The Housing Assistance advocacy team also is organizing on the local level, building on the energy from November’s Housing to Protect Cape Cod (HPCC) summit, which drew over 350 people. Ann Schiffenhaus, director of community relations and advocacy, said the coalition [...]
Advocacy Efforts Move Forward With Regional Strategy Session Following HPCC Summit
Some 30 business, government, and nonprofit leaders from around the Cape and Islands gathered in January to discuss regional solutions to the ongoing housing crisis. The sessions were convened as one of the next steps for the Housing to Protect Cape [...]
A Year of Accomplishments, With More Hard Work Ahead
Editorial by Alisa Magnotta 2023 is already underway and while we are excited about the year ahead, the new year is also a time to reflect on what we accomplished in the last 12 months with help from our partners [...]
New Board Chair Brings ‘Informed Passion’ to Role
The new chair of the Housing Assistance board of directors has seen firsthand the effects of Cape Cod’s housing crisis. Why? Because it’s affecting his business. Brewster resident Bill Bogdanovich is president and CEO of Broad Reach Healthcare, a company of [...]
New Governor Focused on Housing and Hunger
Governor-elect Maura Healey paid a visit to Cape Cod in January, preparing meals for hungry residents and fielding questions on both food insecurity and the housing crisis. “We need to do everything that we can to support housing and housing [...]
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) [...]