With the median house price at $340,000 on the Cape, and significantly higher on the Islands, finding affordable housing in our region isn’t just a problem for the working poor. On The Point, we talk about different ways to create more affordable housing stock, how to help middle income families afford market rate housing, and new ideas to help the homeless. The program is in three segments: first, Affordable Housing Trusts and other funding options for middle income residents. Mindy Todd hosts SenatorDan Wolf,Heather Harper, affordable housing specialist with the Cape Cod Commission, and Regan McCarthy, President, Truro Part-Time Resident Taxpayers Association.
In the second segment of the program, we discuss how Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket are addressing their Affordable Housing needs. Guests are Philippe Jordi, Executive Director of Island Housing Trust, and Karen Kuszpa, Executive Director Housing Nantucket
And for the final segment of this conversation, we discuss Housing the Homeless with Rick Presbrey, president of the Housing Assistance Corporation.
