Resources
This site offers the
island community and its housing organizations information and links
to affordable housing resources:
The Island Affordable
Housing Fund engaged consultant John Ryan of Development Cycles
to conduct a housing needs assessment for Martha's Vineyard. The
purpose was to evaluate the housing needs - both rental and ownership
- for the Island's 15,000 year-round residents.
Click here to view Island-wide Housing Needs Assessment>
The Dukes County Regional Housing Authority and the Island Affordable
Housing Fund have developed a model deed rider that can be used
by Island housing organizations and communities to perpetually protect
the affordability of housing on Martha's Vineyard. The document
is formatted to allow parties using the deed rider to easily select
from a range of choices that best fits a particular set of housing
circumstances.
Click here to view Summary of Model Deed Rider and
Click here to view Model Deed Rider>
The Regional Housing Authority has created an Affordable Housing
Toolbox to assist towns in planning and creating local inventive
housing solutions. The toolbox includes various affordable housing
strategies from inclusionary zoning to how to secure land to types
of funding sources that island towns and communities across the
commonwealth are using. Much of the information was taken from a
publication prepared by CHAPA and MHP entitled "Taking the
Initiative - A Guidebook on Creating Affordable Housing Strategies."
The Regional Housing Authority has completed a Town Zoning Analysis that provides an overview of each of the town's zoning regulations
on Martha's Vineyard as they relate to affordable housing. The analysis
also recommends new zoning provisions to increase the town's stock
of affordable housing.
The Community Land
Trust model was developed by the Institute for Community Economics
(ICE) as a way to encourage affordable resident controlled housing
and local control of land and other resources.
Citizens
Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) http://www.chapa.org
Fannie Mae Foundation
http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/
Cape Cod
Times Housing Expose http://www.capecodonline.com/special/housing/
Comprehensive
Permit (Ch. 40B) http://www.state.ma.us/dhcd/Ch40B/Default.htm
Community Preservation
Act http://www.communitypreservation.org/
Cohousing Network http://www.cohousing.org/
Enterprise Foundation
http://www.enterprisefoundation.org/
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
http://www.liscnet.org/
MA Department
of Housing and Community Development http://www.state.ma.us/dhcd/default.htm
Boston HUD Office http://www.hud.gov/local/bos/
MassDevelopment http://www.massdevelopment.com/
MA Housing Partnership Fund
http://www.mhpfund.com/
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