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CHAPA Regional Meeting Recap

The recent Citizens’ Housing & Planning Association’s (CHAPA) Regional Meeting brought together stakeholders from across the Cape and Islands to discuss the ongoing housing crisis and the collective efforts needed to address it.

Deed Restrictions or Bust

Nantucket has one of the most advanced housing crises in the country. The Steamship Authority is cutting service by 7%, all five of the firefighters hired in 2018 left, and the latest wave of teachers are leaving the public school…

Capturing Our History

As we celebrate the remarkable milestone of 30 years since our nonprofit’s incorporation, we captured a bit of our history with an interview with Norman Chaleki, co-founder of Housing Nantucket.

Nantucket Affordable Housing Status Update

Making shelter affordable rallied Nantucket to action in recent years. To date, Town Meeting voters have awarded over $84 million to meet this challenge. While this is a lot of money, this is believed to be a $1.4 billion problem. Let’s take a look at the current strategy.

Honeysuckle Drive

As construction on the Honeysuckle Drive project reaches new milestones, we are thrilled to share the progress and the bright future it promises for Nantucket’s year-round residents.