affordable housing

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.

A law signed last year created the designation to help tourism-heavy towns ease the burden of high housing costs for year-round residents.

Buying a home has gotten more expensive, especially in high-priced markets like Cape Cod and the Islands. But what if you could buy a house for less than $300,000? CAI’s Jennette Barnes has this story about one family's experience buying an affordable home on Cape Cod.

Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod has announced seven new affordable homes will be built on the Cape in three different towns.