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NOVEMBER 2022 | VOL 31, ISSUE 5
Housing Summit Draws 300 for ‘Day One of Action’
So said Housing Assistance chief executive officer Alisa Magnotta in her closing remarks at the Housing to Protect Cape Cod Summit earlier this month.
The event, which drew a crowd of more than 300, included some of what keynote speaker economist Tim Cornwell called “doom and gloom,” but it also highlighted avenues for fighting Cape Cod’s housing crisis.
Speakers included local business leaders and workers along with Cornwell, whose analysis of how the housing shortage impacts Cape Cod’s economic outlook paints a stark picture.
The event at the Cape Codder Resort in Hyannis was the official launch of the Housing to Protect Cape Cod (HPCC), a partnership of Housing Assistance, the Cape Cod & Islands Association of REALTORS®, the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, CapeBuilt Companies, and the Homebuilders & Remodelers of Cape Cod
Elect Maura Healey as part of the Governor’s Transition Team. This committee will focus on how to ensure all residents have access to safe, affordable housing regardless of the region in which they live. Press release to follow on our website (haconcapecod org) next week For
“We have to be the change we want to see.”
A NEWSLETTER FROM HOUSING ASSISTANCE CORPORATION In this issue NOVEMBER 2022 | VOL 31, ISSUE 5
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Editorial: Housing Crisis is an Economic & Community Crisis PAGE 2 Housing to Protect Cape Cod Summit COVER STORY Donor Spotlight: Shepley Wood Products PAGE 9 Housing Assistance Helps Venezuelan Migrants PAGE 10 Big Fix Makes a Difference PAGE 12 Give Hope This Giving Season PAGE 13 PAGE 11 Two Generations of Assisting Crisis Victims Housing Assistance Strengthens Development & Communications Team PAGE 14 PAGE 15 Donor Spotlight: Cape Cod 5 Is a Tax Efficient Gift Right for You? PAGE 16
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this edition of HACbeat goes to print, Alisa Magnotta, CEO of Housing Assistance Corporation, has been named as co-chair of the Affordable Abundant Housing Policy Committee by Governor
more information on the Healey-Driscoll Gubernatorial Transition, please visit healeydriscolltransition com
Many of these households are making $100,000 That bleak figure is expected to rise to 1,500 households annually over the next two years.
This data is from a newly released report on Cape Cod’s economy and the housing market. On November 3, Housing Assistance and our partners, four well-respected regional business organizations
Cape & Islands Association of REALTORS®, Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, CapeBuilt Companies, and the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod introduced that important report and launched an urgent advocacy initiative called Housing to Protect Cape Cod at a summit gathering in Hyannis.
The report, which can be found on our website, made it crystal clear that our “housing” crisis is not just a housing crisis It is a full-blown economic crisis. And the two together have turned into a community crisis. Cape Cod is a market incapable of serving its year-round residents.
It has repercussions for seasonal residents and visitors as well. The charming independently owned inns, shops and restaurants that attract residents and visitors alike to our towns have fewer and fewer available workers. Which leads to another stark figure from the report: nearly 50% of the folks still
the bridges to get here This is not sustainable environmentally or economically.
Housing Assistance commissioned this report because over the past few years we’ve noticed an influx of nontraditional clients unable to find housing in any town in our region. They’ve been educators and health care workers, retirees and retail workers people with steady incomes But they’re unable to find available or affordable units
Our staff began to question whether these trends were situational or permanent. This report is born of that question and our desire to understand more deeply the relationship between community, economy and housing.
We see these trends as they’re happening We saw the foreclosure crisis as it was hitting We saw early pandemic displacement. And we see this disturbing trend – human displacement – continue.
All the members of the HPCC team see it too. The direction we are going is not sustainable. We all recognize the need to bring people together and mobilize to create change in our towns We need to change zoning laws to allow for multi-family development.
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Housing to Protect Cape Cod
Launched Housing to Protect Cape Cod to advocate more affordable and attainable housing for loca Commissioned The Concord Group to delve deeply into t Cape’s regional economy and housing mark Empowered local workers with rental vouchers and financial literacy training through our new THRIVE (Tools to Help Residents in a Vulnerable Economy) program Assistance for migrants New office in Orleans Team up for housing Launched the mapping project, Grow Smart Cape Cod, in ssociation to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) that eas for affordable moderate-density housing priority areas for natural resource protection Grow Smart Cape Cod Expanded services to residents on the Lower Cape and Outer Cape with a new satellite office in Orleans
Protected some of our most vulnerable neighbors and ensured they were able to remain in safe, stable housing by distributing over 10 million in rental assistance since March of 2020. Helped 48 migrants navigate the shelter system and connect with other resources in partnership with state agencies and other nonprofits $10M in rental assistance
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ThevisionofCapeKid Mealsistoestablisha programinevery schoolwherethereisa needandtonothave anyhungryschoolagedchildrenonCape Codovertheweekend. CapeKidMeals(CKM)wascreatedin2014byco-founders PastorDavidJohnsonofGraceChurchandDavidByrnes.They hadheardaboutchildreninDenniselementaryschools comingbacktoschoolonMondayshungrybecausetheydid nothaveaccesstoenoughfoodovertheweekend.Theydid researchandpilotedthefirstprogram,modeledafterthe nationalprogram Blessings in a Backpack. Theybeganwith77childrenin2schools. Familiesstrugglingwith limitedfundsmustmake toughchoicestogetby. Together,wecanhelp makefoodsecurity somethingCapekidscan counton. Weareworkingtomake surenoschool-aged childrenonCapeCodare hungryovertheweekend. Helpuscontinuethepromise. DIDYOUKNOW?
Whereweserve Barnstable Brewster Bourne Sandwich Falmouth Dennis/Yarmouth Eastham Provincetown Mashpee 2014 77 2014 15,416 2014 3,700 In2021,7,147childrenonCape Codwereataneconomic disadvantage,whichincreased theirriskofbeinghungry. AsofFebruary2022,weare serving778childrenin27schools acrosstheCapewithweekend food. Whereweserve Harwich Truro Chatham Wellfleet Orleans Learnmoreanddonateatcapekidmeals.org 8yearsofourvisioninaction:2014–2022 Schools Served 2014 2 27 2022 per month School Snack 2014 0 2,500 2022 Children Served 778 2022 Number ofMeals 109,075 2022 Number ofBags 26,682 2022 Pounds ofFood 2014 18,500 133,410 2022 Howitworks Schoolsidentifytheneedand informCapeKidMeals 1 Shelfstablefoodispurchased fromtheGreaterBostonFood Bankandotherretailstores 2 Bagsarepackedweeklyatoneof ourCapeCodpackingcenters 3 CKMprovidesallshelfstablefood including:milk,juice,2 breakfasts,2lunches,6healthy snacksand2piecesoffreshfruit 4 Bagsaredeliveredtothe schoolseachweek 5 Bagsareplaced discreetlyintothechild's backpackbyschool personnelbefore dismissal 6 Entireprogramis confidential–onlythe schoolsknowwhois participating 7 Totalpublicstudents20,421 Economicallydisadvantaged7,147 ServedbyCapeKidMeals778
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Family Table Collaborative is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to improving nutritional security on Cape Cod.
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Breaking down the barriers to access prepared meals and food education Minimizing food distribution challenges Removing the i ma around food insecurity Providing nutritional educational opportunities to help people help themselves Family Table Collaborative 1338 MA- 28 South Yarmouth, MA 02664 familytablecollaborative org 508-348-9777 110,000 110,000 nutritious, prepared, free meals to our community. prepared, free meals to our So far, we have served more than have served scan to give!
