In November of 2021, the Town of Oak Bluffs awarded the Island Housing Trust and Affirmative Investments the opportunity to construct up to 60 units of housing on a 7.8-acre parcel of town-owned land at 85 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road. The first phase proposes a total of 45 multi-family rental units that will be affordable to residents with incomes between 30% and 100% of Dukes County area median income (AMI). In addition to housing, the site plan provides a pedestrian and bike-friendly neighborhood with a community building that has communal indoor space and a property management office. Other amenities include outdoor play areas and passive recreational spaces. This neighborhood will be passive house aligned, all-electric, and have solar panels. The site plan respects the site’s undeveloped surroundings by protecting open spaces, maintaining as much of the existing vegetation as possible, and striving to balance the new community with its surrounding environment.