A single application allows year-round Island and Cape Cod residents to seek rental and mortgage assistance from multiple funding programs.
The Vineyard’s once informal homelessness advocacy network made strides this week to establish greater permanence.
With a rare budget surplus, the state has secured $200,000 for the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to conduct a comprehensive housing and homeless prevention plan, Sen. Julian Cyr announced on a trip to the Vineyard Saturday.
A new initiative to establish group housing for homeless Islanders aims to get off the ground by next spring if funding can be secured.
The volunteer-powered Houses of Grace winter shelter system has opened for its third season. “If I didn’t have this, I’d be sleeping around a fire, bundled up,” said Derek MacLeod.
Hospitality Homes, a system of homeless shelters hosted and organized by Island churches, is nearing the end of its first year, with administrators, coordinators and volunteers declaring success.
Beginning in January, seven nights a week, three churches will provide shelter and meals to men, women and families who need a place to get in out of the cold.
