Affordable Housing Committee

Meetings

• 4 pm
• 2nd Tuesday of every month unless otherwise posted
• Tisbury Senior Center

Agendas & Minutes

Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.

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Members

• Victor Capoccia
• Anne McDonnough
• Jean Hay
• Elaine Miller
• Henry Neider
• Dan Seidman

Overview

Tisbury Affordable Housing Committee Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each Month at the Tisbury Senior Center Conference Room (34 Pine Tree Road). Meetings begin at 4pm and are open to the public. All are welcome!

Affordable Housing is a serious problem on the Vineyard. The Tisbury Affordable Housing Committee recognizes that there are no quick and easy solutions. Rather, there are multiple approaches that when coordinated among public governmental and private resources over time, can preserve and increase the supply of available units to rent or purchase by residents. The tools available to government and private entities include Financing (e.g. Housing bank; Tisbury Housing Trust: Community Preservation funds; State housing finance; Local tax incentives, etc.); Policy and by-law guidelines (e.g. Accessory Dwelling Unit zoning; Short Term Rental Zoning; Room rental tax fees use; Wastewater incentive policies), and Resident awareness and engagement.

For this past year the Tisbury Affordable Housing Committee focused its work and discussion on two (2) goals that address parts of this problem. First, to increase the availability of full-time rental housing units, by exploring an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) By Right by-law; and second, to stop the erosion of previously full-time occupied housing units to non-full-time rental use by adopting a short-term rental zoning by-law.