affordable housing

Can reusing older buildings help fight the housing crisis? The Boston Society of Architects says yes. The group recently published its first-ever guidebook to adaptive reuse, and the guide focuses entirely on the Cape and Islands.

Tribal housing is full and has a long waitlist. The tribe's homeless shelter is closed for renovations. That leaves some Mashpee Wampanoags with few options for housing.

Schools in the Nauset district face rising costs and declining enrollment, so officials hired consultants to map out their different options for potentially consolidating the district's elementary schools.

Experts say Cape Cod has too much nitrogen and not enough housing. But officials in Truro may have struck a balance for a housing project planned for what's known in town as the Walsh property.

The study identified a comparable market — the Hamptons, on Long Island — and examined how real estate fees affected home sales in the area.

Brewster and Dennis said yes to the Seasonal Communities program, and the state’s new housing secretary toured properties in Dennis, Wellfleet, and Truro.

If the home-rule petition becomes law, Cape towns could opt in or out of the program, aimed at generating revenue for affordable housing.

Truro's zoning task force is considering a new idea for how to create more housing: an inclusionary bylaw.

Cape Cod legislators have been advocating for the designation, allows tourism-heavy communities — where many homes are seasonal and housing costs are high — to use new policy tools to support year-round housing.

The town's purchase of a single-family home for affordable housing could become a model for other towns. But the deal hinged on altruistic homeowners selling their house to the Chatham Affordable Housing Trust well below market rate.