Meshacket Commons News Today

Oak Bluffs is looking to provide housing for municipal employees.  During a meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 12, the Oak Bluffs Select Board unanimously approved preparing a letter to the state with the intention of setting aside units for municipal employees at the Southern Tier affordable housing project. Southern Tier is an Island Housing Trust project […]

Two large Vineyard housing projects recently received state funding through the Healey Administration that will help move the projects forward. Oak Bluffs received $500,000 through the MassWorks program that will go toward the development of 60 units of housing as part of the Southern Tier project; in Edgartown, the town received $475,000 through the HousingWorks […]

An affordable housing complex in Provincetown is among the four projects on Cape Cod and the Islands to receive financial support from the state.

Direct subsidies, state and federal housing tax credits will support 27 projects in 20 communities across the state for low-income residents LOWELL – Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $246 million in direct subsidies and state and federal housing tax credits to build and preserve nearly 1,600 affordable homes throughout Massachusetts. Governor Maura T. Healey, Lieutenant […]

Healey’s announcement of 27 project awards spread across 20 separate Massachusetts communities comes as the state stares down a veritable housing catastrophe, with some estimates saying the commonwealth needs more than 100,000 new units built just to meet current demand.

The proposed affordable housing development Southern Tier cleared a significant hurdle Thursday evening after being granted unanimous approval by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.  Slated for 85 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs, the first phase of the Southern Tier project will consist of 45 to 48 affordable housing units and will be available to renters […]

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission continued its public hearing Thursday night on the proposed affordable housing project Southern Tier. Located at 85 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs, the Southern Tier development will neighbor both residential and public/community areas, including the YMCA, Ice Arena, and the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School; the one, two, and three-bedroom […]

The Edgartown zoning board of appeals unanimously approved granting a comprehensive permit to the Meshacket Commons affordable housing project. The project can now move forward with several allowances permitted.  Meshacket Commons was awarded as an affordable housing project to be developed by Affirmative Investments and Island Housing Trust (IHT) in November of 2021. Since then, […]

Martha’s Vineyard Bank announced in a press release that $600,000 in grants and pledged funding will be donated to three Island nonprofit organizations — $250,000 was pledged to both Island Housing Trust (IHT) and Island Healthcare, Inc. alongside a $100,000 grant to the Foundation for Underway Experiential Learning (FUEL).  IHT will use its pledged funds […]

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted to deny demolition of a circa 1900 house at 43 Look St. in Tisbury Thursday night. The decision follows a prior vote by the Land Use Planning Committee (LUPC) to recommend denial. As The Times previously reported, an overall project was put forth to raze the four-bedroom, 1,920-square-foot house at […]