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Community Housing Forum – Saturday, April 11th

Join the Island Housing Trust and our panel of experts to discuss what successful affordable housing solutions we, as an Island community, have created, and how we can implement housing strategies on a larger scale.

When: Saturday, April 11th from 10:00-11:30am

Where: Tisbury Senior Center (34 Pine Tree Road) Vineyard Haven

Who:
Christina Brown, Edgartown Housing Committee

Rick Presbrey, Housing Assistance Corporation

Susan Connelly, Massachusetts Housing Partnership

Julie Anne McNary, Permanent Endowment

Moderator: John Abrams, South Mountain Company & IHT Advisory board member

Please join us!
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

Village Court Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

The Island Housing Trust held a ribbon cutting ceremony on January 15th to celebrate the completion of six newly renovated rental apartments at Village Court in Vineyard Haven. The Village Court apartments represent our community’s effort to address the Island’s critical workforce housing need, especially among households with lower incomes.

Philippe Jordi, Executive Director  thanked the many generous donors, TRI – The Resources Inc., Dukes County Regional Housing Authority, Tisbury Community Preservation Committee (CPC), West Tisbury CPC, Edgartown CPC, and Chilmark CPC,  Edgartown National Bank, Low Income Energy Affordability Network, Cape Light Compact, John Saari Housing Rehabilitation Consultant, JSR Adaptive Energy Solutions, Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Boston, Tom Burke & Eric Skogstrom General Contractors, O’Brien Property Management, and everyone who helped make the project possible.

Those who attended the ceremony were given an opportunity to tour these newly renovated apartments with energy upgrades by Tom Burke & Eric Skogstrom General Contractors. Photographs of the ceremony and the Village Court apartments at various stages of renovation can be viewed at our Facebook page.

State Tax Credits Awarded

The Island Housing Trust was awarded $150,000 in Community Investment Tax Credits. This is the second year of a five year program that allows individual donors, businesses, and foundations to receive 50% of their contribution back from the state in the form of a tax credit or rebate. Contact us at 508-693-1117 to take part in our 2015 program and learn more at our website.

Sepiessa Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

The Island Housing Trust held a ribbon cutting ceremony on November 13th to celebrate the completion of three newly constructed Sepiessa rental apartments at 12 Clam Point Road in West Tisbury.  The Sepiessa apartments represent our community’s latest effort to address the island’s critical workforce housing need, especially among households with lower incomes.

Philippe Jordi, Executive Director  thanked the many generous donors, the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority, Town of West Tisbury’s Community Preservation Committee, FHLB Boston, Edgartown National Bank, Drews Cove Builders, South Mountain Company, and many others who made the project possible.

Those who attended the ceremony were given an opportunity to tour these truly affordable apartments designed by South Mountain Company and built by Drews Cove Builders to the highest MassSave energy efficiency standards.  Photographs of the ceremony and the Sepiessa apartments at various stages of development can be viewed at our Facebook page.

Green Building Tour – May 27th

The Island Housing Trust invites you to visit three new Sepiessa rental apartments under construction at 12 Clam Point Road in West Tisbury next Tuesday, May 27th from 5:00 to 6:00 pm. See directions below.

Please join us to learn more about what it takes to design and build truly affordable rental housing for low income residents with critical housing needs.

Farley Pedler of DrewsCove Builders will give a tour of these cost effective, energy efficient apartments designed by South Mountain Company to achieve the state’s highest MassSave certification.

Hear about how strong partnerships with the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority and the Town of West Tisbury were critical to the success of this project.

Learn about how public and private funding sources were used to create this small scale rental project, including West Tisbury Community Preservation Act, FHLB Boston Affordable Housing Program, Dukes County Community Development Corporation, Dukes County Regional Housing Authority, Edgartown National Bank, and the generous support of foundations and our many donors.

Directions: 12 Clam Point Road in West Tisbury is 1.4 miles from the intersection of the Edgartown West Tisbury Road down New Lane, take a right on Clam Point Road and an immediate left to Sepiessa rental apartments.  You can also find Google Map directions at: http://goo.gl/maps/V3CTc