508.693.1117 info@ihtmv.orgBuilding Homes and Preserving Community
508.693.1117 info@ihtmv.orgBuilding Homes and Preserving Community

Tisbury Street Fair- Visit us at the IHT Booth

This Wednesday, July 8th, from 6:30-9:30pm, the IHT will have a booth at the Tisbury Street Fair for the first time. Stop by to learn more about what we’re doing as an organization and enter a raffle to win either a gift basket filled with lovely and delicious goods made and donated by our homeowners or a pair of round-trip tickets to Boston on Cape Air!

 

WT Partnership for Accessory Apts – Informational Session

The Island Housing Trust is planning to hold an informational meeting at 7pm on Wednesday, June 24th at the Howes House in West Tisbury, regarding our efforts to facilitate owner-developed Accessory Apartments as a way of encouraging both Affordable and Community Housing within the existing bylaws and fabric of West Tisbury.

We’re pretty excited about Accessory Apartments as a way for us to work with already-developed properties, and in support of individuals who envision the opportunity to create small-scale rental housing opportunities utilizing the existing West Tisbury zoning bylaws. Our program, provisionally called Partnership for Accessory Apartments would be designed to assist the homeowner at the initial stages of development to determine the feasibility of an Accessory Apartment on their particular site, including an analysis of the financial costs and resulting benefits of creating an affordable unit. We are also in the process of developing conceptual “Backyard Cottage” designs that could either be pre-built or site built in a cost-efficient (and energy-efficient) way. Through a comprehensive overview of options available to the homeowner, our goal will be to provide a roadmap of what would be the most effective way for them to move forward.

Our hope for the meeting on Wednesday the 24th is that it will provide us with feedback and input on our proposal, and learn how best to make this program a successful one from an Island-wide, Town-wide, and Homeowner-specific perspective. We are inviting West Tisbury Town Boards, along with Building inspector and Board of Health, all the island Town’s Housing Committees and Planning Boards, the Regional Housing Authority, the Healthy Aging Task Force, Designers, Builders, Homeowners, and the Public in general. Presentations will be brief, after which we’ll have an extended question and comment period gathering input and ideas.

If you have any questions or need more info, feel free to call Derrill Bazzy (508-693-1117 x4)

Request for Proposals – Water Street Apartments

The Island Housing Trust is soliciting proposals for the site development and construction of a six unit apartment building at 6 Water Street in Tisbury.  Proposals must be submitted in writing and delivered by 4:00 PM on July 9, 2015.  A copy of the entire Water Street Apartment Request for Proposal, including exhibits, can be downloaded from the Island Housing Trust’s website.   Full sized plans are available for copying at the UPS Store at 455 State Road in the Woodland Center in Vineyard Haven.

Interested applicants are encouraged to attend an on-site briefing session on Thursday June 25, 2015 at 10:00 AM at 6 Water Street in Tisbury.

Please contact Derrill Bazzy at the Island Housing Trust at (508) 693-1117 or dbazzy@ihtmv.org with any questions.

Island-Wide Dine-to-Donate Event

The Island Housing Trust & JB Blau present…

An Island-wide Dine-to-donate event!

Sunday, May 17th

After 5pm, the following restaurants will be donating 10% of food sales to the Island Housing Trust:

Offshore Ale Co., MV Chowder Company, Copper Wok, Sharky’s Cantina (both locations), The Loft, Jimmy Seas Pan Pasta, Rockfish, The Wharf Pub & Restaurant, Coop de Ville, Water Street, Henry’s, Chesca’s Restaurant, The Newes from America, Rocco’s Pizzeria, Wolf’s Den Pizzeria, Edgartown Pizza, and The Pizza Place

These funds will be used to create permanently affordable, sustainable workforce housing.

Thank you for dining with us.