Three Island residents walked away from the Tisbury selectmen’s meeting this past week with the opportunity to buy a home close to downtown Vineyard Haven for a dramatically reduced price.
The last in a series of three public workshops about affordable housing will take place next week in every town.
Low wages and a seasonal economy are a recipe for hardship for those looking for housing on the Vineyard and other resort communities, with high-cost second homes raising prices.
A short warrant that goes relatively long on spending will come before West Tisbury voters at a special town meeting next week.
The Tisbury zoning board of appeals has cleared the way for 20 affordable apartments to be built on State Road in Vineyard Haven.
Residents from Edgartown to Aquinnah this week weighed in on an effort to increase the Island’s stock of affordable housing as a series of workshops began.
Working as a group, six Island planning boards have launched an initiative that aims to create hundreds of affordable housing units over the next 10 years.
