Housing bank
Housing bank
January 28, 2021
As Home Prices Rise So Does Need for a Housing Bank
In 2005, the first housing bank initiative on Martha’s Vineyard won support from all six Island towns.
January 27, 2021
Coalition Forms to Try Again for Housing Bank
For the second time in as many years, a grass roots coalition to form a Martha’s Vineyard housing bank has begun to take hold on the Island —this time joining at least six other communities across the commonwealth.
February 27, 2020
A Year Later, Housing Bank Campaign Goes Quiet
The visible public campaign for the housing bank is now relegated to a cohort of devoted activists in working groups.
April 30, 2019
West Tisbury Puts Housing Bank on Hold, Backs Funding for High School Track
With five towns now calling for further review, the plan to create an Islandwide housing bank is officially on hold. West Tisbury voters decided Tuesday night to reconsider an earlier vote to approve the bank.
April 24, 2019
West Tisbury Joins Call to Postpone Housing Bank
West Tisbury voters will convene at town meeting Tuesday to decide their part in two key regional issues.
April 22, 2019
Chilmark Sends Housing Bank Back to Drawing Board
The Islandwide housing bank appears to be headed back to the drawing board after Chilmark voters put the brakes on the plan at their annual town meeting Monday night.
April 18, 2019
Housing Bank Campaign Shifts Up-Island
After strong defeats in the three down-Island annual town meetings and a victory in West Tisbury last week, proponents of the controversial housing bank are turning their attention up-Island, where two more town meetings and a vote on the bank’s funding mechanism remain.
April 9, 2019
Two Towns Defeat Housing Bank; One Approves
Edgartown and Oak Bluffs voters defeated the controversial housing bank question Tuesday night, while in West Tisbury the question won approval. Tisbury voters take up the question tonight.
April 4, 2019
Housing Bank Campaign Heats Up on All Sides
As voters in four towns prepare to weigh in next week on a wide range of issues at annual town meetings, one issue has dominated Island discourse: the proposal to create a housing bank.
April 4, 2019
Housing Bank: Key to Island's Future
In 2004, recognizing the need for the creation of year-round housing across the Island, the majority of voters in all Island towns voted to petition the state legislature to create an Islandwide housing bank and fund it with a steady, dependable source of new revenue.
