Housing Assistance. On August 14, 2006, the Board of Selectmen voted to request that the Provincetown Housing Authority transfer $20,000 from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to fund an emergency rental assistance program for Provincetown. The funds would be administered for Provincetown residents under a grant agreement with the Interfaith Counsel for the Homeless. The Board has also voted to support staff recommendations to continue to pursue and investigate (a) establishment of a housing resource information points including the Town's website, a flyer, a box ad/column in the local papers; (b) continued dialogue with the owners to forestall eviction and facilitate discussions with agencies regarding resources and options, (c) identification of other temporary housing including hotels and guest houses, and (d) evaluation of a town voucher program modeled after Chatham's Housing Voucher Program. Those other initiatives are being further explored.

Potential Housing Development Sites. The Town of Provincetown is pursuing the development of affordable housing at 90 Shankpainter Road-- a 2.53-acre site to be purchased from Cumberland Farms for $1-million in CPA funds-- and 24 Race Point Road-- the 5-acre DPW garage site. Read more about cooperative efforts with the Seashore to site a shared DPW facility on Cape Cod National Seashore property.

Property tax exemption for Affordable Year-round rentals. Provincetown has obtained special state legislation-- Chapter 408 of the Acts of 2002-- which allows our Town to grant property tax exemptions for affordable year-round rental units. Read about the program. Contact the Board of Assessors for more information. Download the form.

Housing Summit: Thursday, September 21st. The Town of Provincetown, will host a Housing Summit for Provincetown on Thursday, September 21st from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at The Provincetown Inn, 1 Commercial Street. All Provincetown residents, seasonal owners and members of the town's workforce are invited to participate. The aim of the summit is to create a specific Plan of Action to address the critical shortage of workforce housing in the community. Read more.

Housing Needs Assessment. The Massachusetts Housing Partnership, on behalf of the Town of Provincetown, engaged consultant John Ryan of Amherst, MA to provide a housing needs assessment for the community. Read more.

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