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How You Can Help with the Housing Crisis

Chilmark Land & Homeowners:
YOU CAN HELP with affordable and community housing
 

Over the past several decades, well-intentioned land use restrictions, scarcity of land, seasonal demand for existing housing and a lack of affordable housing on Martha’s Vineyard have all combined to create our current housing crisis.  

Right now, there are over 700 working island families and individuals without stable year-round housing.  We are losing families and our workforce due to the lack of affordable homes and year-round rental units. 

This crisis has a profound effect on the entire Vineyard community,
including your friends and neighbors in Chilmark.

 

Middle Line Road Duplex

OPTIONS FOR CREATING AFFORDABLE HOMES:

 

ACCESSORY APARTMENT

Convert an existing structure (barn, garage, other) for year-round affordable rental or build an accessory apartment.

 

 

DONATION of LAND

Land donations to the Town of Chilmark to be utilized as affordable housing sites. Almost any size will do!

 

 

HOMESITE & YOUTH LOTS

Homeowners may provide/sell a 1-acre buildable lot to an eligible person of their choice.

 

 

CASH DONATION

Make a tax-deductible donation to the Town of Chilmark Molly Flender Municipal Housing Trust.

 

 

SUBSIDIZED RENTAL

Rent your dwelling (house or guest-house) year-round.  Affordable rentals can be subsidized by the Town.

 

Have questions or want more details? Contact the Chilmark Housing Committee administrator at akisselgof@chilmarkma.gov or (508) 645-2114