HACbeat, March/April 2023

2023 | VOL 32, ISSUE 2

Residents and Town Leaders Explore Solutions to Housing Crisis at First Town Huddles

Teachers, firefighters and other residents are being “priced out of paradise,” Alan Hall, director of facilities at Outer Cape Health, told a room of about 40 people at a recent Harwich town huddle The solution to the housing crisis, according to other speakers, will require imagination and a lot of hard work.

The group had come together for the town’s second town huddle, which is a strategic meeting of residents who are interested in changing their town’s housing policies. The huddles are part of the Housing to Protect Cape Cod initiative – a grass roots initiative to protect and preserve the people of Cape Cod

HPCC is helping to create town working groups that will build a strategic plan to educate residents about what's happening in their towns and promote civic engagement around housing issues. In addition to Harwich, working groups are underway in Falmouth, Dennis and Yarmouth, and are in the planning stages in Bourne, Mashpee, Orleans and Barnstable.

Harwich’s first town huddle, attended by about 50 people, inspired quick action Julie Kavanagh, a member of the town’s select board, heard multiple requests to create more opportunities for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) by removing restrictions. She asked Paul Halkiotis, the new town planner, to make it one of his first by-law changes. Wording is being finalized and they plan to present the proposed changes for approval at Harwich’s spring town meeting.

COVER STORY

Residents and Town Leaders Explore Solutions to Housing Crisis at First Town Huddles

Donor Spotlight: Dellbrook | JKS

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Complex Housing Issues Can Stir Difficult Emotions

Editorial by Alisa Magnotta

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Workshop Offers Tips and Tools for New Housing Advocates

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New Chief of Staff Is ‘Committed to Being Part of the Solutions’

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Energy Department Ready for Unexpected Crises

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Innovative THRIVE Program Off to an Impressive Start

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Brewster Mom Fulfills Lifelong Dream With Help from Housing Assistance

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Walk for Hope Is ‘a Display of Care for the Community’

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Why We Give

Fish says his company makes a point of being involved in the construction of affordable housing in a variety of regions around the Northeast. The company and he personally contribute additionally to Housing Assistance "The need is so great on the Cape," he says.

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It’s a real critical issue here.”

Donor Spotlight: Dellbrook | JKS

Longtime Sponsors Join Oysters & Champagne Team

For its popular summer event, Oysters & Champagne, Housing Assistance is excited to have new host committee members from Dellbrook | JKS, one of the largest construction companies in the Northeast.

CEO Mike Fish and senior VP of Marketing and Development Andrew Baker, together with their wives, will join the lead team for Oysters & Champagne, scheduled this year for July 20 at Wequassett Resort in Harwich. Funds raised support Housing Assistance programs focused on reducing homelessness, promoting self-sufficiency and empowerment, and increasing affordable and attainable housing.

Based in Quincy with a satellite office in Falmouth, Dellbrook | JKS has supported Housing Assistance events since 2015, including the Walk for Hope, Telethon for Hope and the Big Fix, with many employees volunteering at these events In 2020, the company partnered with Housing Assistance as an Annual Corporate Visionary Sponsor.

Dellbrook | JKS also built Sachem’s Path, a 37-unit housing community developed by Housing Assistance and completed in 2019, and Stage Coach Road in Centerville, for which Housing Assistance ran the lottery.

Dellbrook prides itself on its contribution to the housing effort, building a variety of affordable housing projects, said Fish He decided to get more involved with Housing Assistance because, “they do really good work and they’re serving a very, very critical need.”

He has seen that need firsthand. Dellbrook | JKS also works with Cape Cod Healthcare and sees and hears about the challenges employees and their extended families have finding available and affordable housing.

“Supply way underserves demand,” he says “We see it at all levels There’s no shortage of need ”

Witnessing 400 applications pour in for a 60-unit affordable housing project his company was building only reinforced his desire to try to help the housing situation on Cape Cod.

Fish, who has a home in Falmouth, is excited to join the Oysters & Champagne host committee, he says. “We’re going to try to help raise some funds for housing and bring some people to the event ”

All nonprofits are not created equal. I know that Housing Assistance is going to do right with that money. I am supremely confident in their leadership.

– MIKE FISH, DELLBROOK | JKS CEO

Complex Housing Issues Can Stir Difficult Emotions

Housing is one of the most important pillars underpinning our everyday existence When our housing is no longer stable, our everyday security is threatened. That loss of security can trigger a deeply personal, emotional response. Disturbingly, the housing crisis is touching more of us on the Cape and Islands with each passing day.

The issues surrounding the availability of year-round housing on the Cape seem complex. There are several levers we will have to simultaneously pull to bring housing inventory and affordability within reach for any household with income under $200,000. The only one sure root-cause solution to address the shortage and housing expense is to eliminate the zoning and regulatory barriers that impede construction of new units. The current laws in most areas allow only one house per lot. That kind of land use creates dreaded sprawl, negatively impacting our water quality and critical habitats

At the heart of this housing crisis is restrictive singlefamily zoning. Despite a history of village center-type zoning, with living spaces above commercial-retail fronts, most towns on the Cape moved to restrict any kind of multi-unit density in the 1980s. We have to tackle the incorrect assumptions supporting this type of zoning for example, that it’s better for the environment as well as openly face its racist and classist roots.

The zoning policies that made single-family homes dominant on Cape Cod, and across the country,

originated in racist and classist notions that Black and Brown people, and people below a certain income, should not be allowed into some communities That truth can make people uncomfortable. Now that the crisis is impacting our middle class, I hope we will finally confront our deep-seeded beliefs by making decisions that allow our communities and the people who live in them to grow and prosper.

In our region we presumed large lots with single-family homes would preserve our precious wetlands and waterways We know now that couldn't be farther from the truth. We have polluted marshes and ponds, and now must spend billions to clean up those bodies of water and install systems that will stop the pollution in the future. Add the housing crisis to this and we're at risk of destabilizing our local economy.

We have, and undoubtedly will continue to, run into differences of opinions on how to best accomplish zoning changes And that's ok thoughtful, professional disagreement, even spirited debate, is part of working toward solutions. But as we get ourselves organized and study all the data, let’s recognize the fact that we are losing our year-round housing and year-round community members. As we find our footing on an issue that we have been complaining about for decades, let’s not forget that, today, the known solutions are within our reach continued on page

Discussion about the housing crisis continued at a second town huddle in early March.

Ryan Castle, CEO of the Cape Cod and Islands REALTORS® and a founding member of HPCC, cited the median cost for a single-family home in Harwich, which is $703,0000 A family would need to make more than $200,000 to afford a mortgage.

“What we’ve seen get built on the Cape is what’s been allowed for the last 20 to 30 years single family homes,” he said. “We’re not going to build ourselves out of this. We have to strategize our way out.”

Joy Jordan, community engagement coordinator for the Monomoy Regional School District, said housing prices are making it increasingly difficult for the district to hire teachers. “You want folks who can put down stable roots,” she said. “Unfortunately, there are many families who want to stay here but simply can’t afford to.”

Knowing that, Bernadette Waystack said she felt guilty when she told her boss last spring that she planned to retire from her teaching job.

“We’re very fortunate that they found the perfect fit to replace me, and she already lives here,” she said.

Fire chief Dave LeBlanc also said he finds it difficult to fill openings. He said he foresees hiring people who live off-Cape (as nearly 50 percent of the Cape’s workforce already does, according to a report by The Concord Group), but fears that once new fire fighters and EMTs are fully trained, they’ll look for work closer to home and he’ll have to hire someone else.

The housing crisis is also personal for LeBlanc. His two daughters are both debt-free and have savings but can’t afford to buy a home in Harwich.

Solving the problem will require a combination of regional and town-by-town approaches, said Castle. High school teacher Andrew Matheson suggested making it simpler to convert unused commercial spaces into housing. Halkiotis said he was looking into zoning changes to allow housing on the second or third floor of commercial buildings after getting the suggestion in an email from a resident. Another speaker suggested allowing tiny houses, shipping container houses and modular homes

Members of the community speaking up at the Harwich Huddle in March

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“There isn’t one solution to solve the problem; we have to be creative and consider all types of housing types to meet the needs of the community,” Ann Schiffenhaus, Housing Assistance’s director of community relations and advocacy, told the group. “We also have to keep moving forward and not give up when we hit a roadblock or fierce opposition.” She suggested that people vote in favor of funding and policies that can help solve the housing crisis in Harwich and across Cape Cod.

“We need people to step up,” Richard Waystack agreed, suggesting that people be housing advocates at town meeting. “We need people trained to be able to speak with honesty, with facts and without emotion.”

For more information on town working groups and huddles, contact Ann Schiffenhaus at aschiffenhaus@haconcapecod.org.

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Workshop Offers Tips and Tools for New Housing Advocates

Speaking up for housing makes sense to many wouldbe advocates, but, for some, public speaking can be intimidating. That’s why Housing Assistance is hosting a series of workshops aimed at making people more comfortable with taking a public stand The classes are offered in partnership with Leadership Cape Cod, a nonprofit that educates the region’s current and future leaders.

The first Become a Housing Advocate workshop was held via Zoom in February. “We gave people guidance on how to speak, what to say and why their support matters,” said Ann Schiffenhaus, Housing Assistance’s director of community relations and advocacy

“Sharing a mix of personal stories and data can be effective in swaying a board to approve a pro-housing policy.”

Only three of the 10 people who attended the session had previously spoken at a town hearing or meeting. “We hope they can put these new skills to use to help build support for affordable housing and all types of housing needed in their towns,” Schiffenhaus said

Carolina Cooney, executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, said the class gave her more confidence to speak up at future town meetings.

“I liked getting a framework that makes it easy to phrase what you want to say,” she said “Learning how to frame your point of view and stay succinct and on target was very helpful.” She said she would like to offer the class to her members as a way of encouraging more advocacy.

Roberta Berrien, M.D., a member of the Dennis Housing Advocacy Working Group, said the session was particularly useful for those who have not

spoken up before. Her main takeaway from the session is that the tables need to be turned.

“More people who oppose affordable housing show up at town meeting, and that needs to change,” she said. “It is important to show up.”

The Become a Housing Advocate workshop will be repeated April 20 at the Housing Assistance office in Orleans and May 4 via Zoom.

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HOUSING HAPPY HOUR

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Local housing advocates gather for a Housing Happy Hour, March 16 at the Red Nun in Dennisport

New Chief of Staff Is ‘Committed to Being Part of the Solutions’

Housing Assistance’s new chief of staff has seen how the Cape and Islands housing crisis has affected her friends and neighbors, and it fuels her passion to address the housing crisis.

Marissa Cyr grew up in Truro and moved back to the Cape in 2016 after beginning her career in Cambridge. She and her wife lived with family for a year and saved for a down payment to buy a home in Brewster. They were lucky to buy when they did, Cyr said.

“I see a lot of my peers who were starting to think about purchasing, then COVID happened, and it’s basically not attainable for them anymore,” she said “If you aren’t already in the market, it’s almost impossible to get in unless you have substantial means behind you.”

Cyr comes to Housing Assistance from the Cape Cod & Islands Association of REALTORS® (CCIAOR), where she was the chief operating officer.

“I’ve seen the impacts of the rise in the cost of housing over the last few years and how that’s affecting people’s ability to live here and stay here,” she said. “Like many people, I’m concerned about what that means for the future of our region. I’m committed to being part of the solutions to addressing those challenges.”

Cyr joined the Housing Assistance team in this newly created position in March.

At Housing Assistance, her responsibilities will include providing project management support to the CEO and leading human resources initiatives Cyr will work with the senior leadership team to ensure organizational goals are advanced.

“I’ve had the chance to work closely with Marissa during her time at the REALTORS® association, and she is a consummate professional with a great attention to detail,” said Housing Assistance CEO Alisa Magnotta “I know she has the skills and temperament to advance our goals at Housing Assistance and I’m honored to have her working by my side.”

Cyr started at the CCIAOR in 2016 as the director of association services and operations and was promoted to chief operating officer in 2019. As COO, she oversaw general operations and worked collaboratively with all departments to ensure the organization was fulfilling its strategic initiatives and meeting its members’ needs.

Cyr graduated from Nauset Regional High School and received a bachelor of arts degree from Smith College and a masters in management from Simmons College. Prior to joining CCIAOR, she worked in operations management for a nonprofit biotech company in Cambridge

During her time at CCIAOR, Cyr was able to develop her skills in organizational management and leadership. “I think I’ll be able to bring that to Housing Assistance and help support the team and help drive strategic initiatives and priorities,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity.”

When not working, she and her wife, Devin McGuire, enjoy walking in Nickerson State Park and going to the beach with their young son. “We love the natural beauty of Cape Cod, which is the big reason we wanted to come back and start a family here,” she said.

Melissa Cyr, Housing Assistance Chief of Staff

Energy Department Ready for Unexpected Crises

When the phone rings at Housing Assistance’s Energy Department, Suzanne Smith never knows what’s going to happen next.

“We answer calls from crisis to contractors to intake,” said Smith, the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) coordinator “It might be a homeowner with an emergency heat situation, pests in the attic, a failed appliance or people in need of assistance to combat high heating bills. It’s rewarding being able to help with so many different situations.”

In 2022, the Energy Department served 772 clients on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard. Among them was the Watson family (client name changed for privacy) of Falmouth, whose home received energy improvements – and a lot more.

The house has been in the family for about 70 years, but Virginia Watson said her father, who retired from the building trades, couldn’t keep up with maintenance in recent years due to health issues and f limitations.

“His energy bills were high because the h very well insulated, so the first step was a audit,” she said.

In addition to weatherization improvemen qualified for a new heating system and m vermiculite remediation. “When Suzanne ways they could help, I was just blown aw cried,” said Watson

Among the contractors who worked on th Douglas Mackie, owner of Living Water R which specializes in mold remediation. “T significant amount of hazardous mold in t said Watson. Mackie put together a prop approved by Cape Light Compact, which funder for this particular job

Watson was thrilled to have her father’s home become warmer and safer. “I feel like the Energy program might have saved his life,” she said. “It’s such a better feeling to walk in there now.”

She also appreciated the compassion shown by Housing Assistance staff “Every time I spoke with Suzanne, she asked me how my dad was,” she said. “It was not just business. It was personal.”

That’s all in a day’s work, said Smith. “When our Energy Department staff sees other problems in the home, we look for ways to help,” said Smith. “We want homeowners to have homes that are energyefficient and safe in every way ”

The first stop for a client looking for energy savings is Cape Light Compact, and if they are determined to be income eligible using LIHEAP (Fuel Assistance) guidelines, they are referred to Housing Assistance. continued on next page

The Energy Department offers many benefits accessible through the program’s home energy assessments to lower energy costs for both heating fuels and electricity. These can range from whole home air sealing and insulation, to replacing light bulbs, replacing inefficient appliances (refrigerators, freezers, window air conditioners, dehumidifiers, washing machines), and repair or replacement of heating systems for qualified households

The Energy Department also works with many serviceoriented contractors on Cape Cod and the Islands and partners with local agencies, businesses and organizations to help clients like the Watson family.

Free energy audits are available to all households in Barnstable and Dukes County Residents can call Cape Light Compact at 800-797-6699 for more information

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In the meantime, we must take care not to tear each other down when we disagree We see that trend nationally and it is alarmingly toxic. Personal attacks detract from constructive discourse. They weaken the conversation and distract us from what’s important: We are all neighbors and we are all working toward the same goal preserving the Cape Cod we know and love. That includes protecting the people who live and work in this special place.

To do this, we need to work together. No one agency, no one solution will solve this crisis. We have to confront it with a host of programs We have to take it on together as a community.

ners from around the region strategies that include addressing d the increase in homelessness It’s real We are seeing our Cape without you.

nd help foster civil and productive discourse along the way.

Alisa Magnotta, CEO

Innovative THRIVE Program Off to an Impressive Start

Launched last June, THRIVE (Tools to Help Residents in a Vulnerable Economy) assists Cape Cod residents who are struggling to pay for housing and other bills while employed in childcare or working with people with developmental disabilities.

“These are people who are doing their best to make ends meet,” said Heidi Archibald, senior director of the Housing and Consumer Education Center and leased housing. “They are working their butts off and get trapped by the circumstances of life like a car repair. You can’t get to work if you don’t fix your car, and you can’t fix your car if you’re not making enough at work.”

The program’s 18 clients each get a monthly stipend of $450 toward their rent for up to 24 months It’s critical funding for workers who are typically low paid, despite being an essential part of the Cape workforce.

“They are genuinely grateful to be getting this opportunity and I know that to a person they would want to say thank you to those who funded it,” said Shannon Pyne, Housing Assistance’s community

plan, which is an outline of goals to work on throughout the year.

“The action plans are specialized for each household,” said Archibald, who oversees the program. “One person may say, ‘I want to create a savings account for the first time, because I’ve never had one’ and somebody else may say, ‘I want my savings account to hit $10,000 so I can have a down payment for a home.’”

Pyne talks to each client about their financial history and struggles. “The stipend allows them to take some time to think about where they are and where they want to be,” she said.

The next step is participating in Housing Assistance’s Money Matters financial literacy class, which gives them baseline skills in household budgeting. “It’s a judgment-free zone, but we’re giving them some tools to analyze how they’re spending their money,” said Pyne.

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Pyne also helps some of participants get access to fuel assistance and other resources.

“If you’re struggling in one area, you're struggling in every area,” she said. “A lot of people have tightened their belts to nothing. All of them are severely rent burdened. They have different goals, but the common theme is housing stability.”

Funding for the first year of THRIVE came primarily from the Cape and Islands United Way Ronald Reed Endowment Fund, the Bilezikian Family Foundation and the Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod Charitable Foundation Trust The second year of THRIVE will be primarily funded through an ARPA grant secured by State Senators Julian Cyr and Susan Moran. Additional funders include Cape Cod Healthcare and the Arethusa Charitable Trust of the Cape Cod Foundation.

The THRIVE program is based on a successful pilot Housing Assistance conducted from June to September of 2021 with 10 clients from seven employers. Even in that short time, participants demonstrated they were able to reduce debt, start savings accounts, improve their credit or create plans for eventual home ownership.

“This comes at a time when I found great difficulty securing housing here in Provincetown and at an affordable rate,” a pilot program participant wrote in a thank you note to Housing Assistance “I’m delighted that a program like this one exists and helps address the affordable housing problem here on the Cape. I look forward to pursuing my action plan in the program and learning from the informative sessions. Please extend my thanks to your colleagues.”

The 18 households currently enrolled in THRIVE include 21 adults and 11 children. Funding allows up to 40 households to participate.

For an application, or to donate to the program, visit haconcapecod.org/thrive

I'm delighted that a program like this one exists and helps address the affordable housing problem on the Cape.

– THRIVE PILOT PROGRAM PARTICIPANT

Brewster Mom Fulfills Lifelong Dream With Help from Housing Assistance

Krista O’Brien is working a new job she loves and living in her own rental apartment in Brewster with her threeyear-old son, Cameron Auger. This situation, she said, is the result of having accomplished several important goals she achieved with help from Housing Assistance

When O’Brien first reached out to Housing Assistance in 2020, her life, she said, “was falling apart. Things were just getting totally out of hand.” She was going through a divorce, and she’d relapsed. She’d lost her driver’s license after a DUI, and because of that, she’d also lost custody of her one-year-old son to the Department of Children and Families (DCF).

“I knew I needed to get help,” she said But there were few shelters that accepted mothers with young kids. She was told that if she got into a substance abuse recovery program, she could reunite with her son.

After calling all over the state, she managed to find an available spot at Angel House in Hyannis, which Housing Assistance then operated as a shelter for women recovering from drug and alcohol addiction With help from shelter staff, she focused on getting back on her feet and in control of her life, graduating from the program in eight months. She then transitioned to Housing Assistance’s Carriage House, a shelter for women and families in North Falmouth, where she stayed another eight months.

Carriage House staff helped Krista gain needed skills to stay sober and live independently In July 2022, she achieved a life-long dream by earning her commercial driver’s license (CDL). After eight weeks of full-time schooling, she became the fourth generation of her family to enter the trucking industry, following her birth mother, her grandfather and great-grandfather. Now she’s driving big rigs 300 to 400 miles a day.

Her work to improve her life didn’t stop there. O’Brien then worked with Housing Assistance family empowerment director, Katie Geissler, to apply for a financial rehousing benefit through the state’s HomeBASE program, and found a rental apartment in Brewster, where she’s been for just over a year.

“Krista was a remarkable client She was so focused on being extremely independent,” said Geissler. Whether it was sobriety, housing stability or her CDL license, “her drive to be successful and to follow through and reach her goals was inspiring.”

O’Brien is thankful for the help and kind words she received from Housing Assistance staff. “I definitely wouldn’t be where I am today,” she said “They really worked with me, encouraged me ”

That help included teaching her how to set muchneeded boundaries with family and other relationships and how to create routines to keep her focused on her goals.

“Without that help I don’t know how things would have turned out It just really worked for me the people, the structure,” she said “It was a time in my life where I was waiving my white flag and they were there to help me back to my feet.”

Krista and her 3-year-old son, Cameron Photo courtesy of Krista O’Brien

Walk for Hope Is ‘a Display of Care for the Community’

When Senior Pastor Rob Wheeler of the Osterville Baptist Church asked church members if they wanted to participate in the 2022 Housing Assistance Walk for Hope, he was hoping for a positive response. What he got surprised him.

“There were multiple people who pulled me aside and said Housing Assistance had helped them secure a first-time homebuyer loan or helped them find affordable housing,” he said. “They said Housing Assistance was instrumental in helping them secure their housing.”

Pastor Wheeler said it was suddenly clear to him that housing has become a widespread issue for his church members.

“One of our scriptures tells us to find the pressing needs, the urgent needs in the community,” he said “The more we talk to local leaders, local pastors, local nonprofits, it all seems to focus on this one concern. People can’t meet their basic needs for housing.”

One way to help, and to “be more visible in our display of care for the community,” he said, would be to participate in the Walk for Hope, which raises funds for Housing Assistance services and programs. His church members couldn’t agree more. The Osterville Baptist Church went on to become the year’s top fundraising team, raising $10,520 to benefit Housing Assistance.

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This year’s Walk f 21, with walks in F Orleans Check-in walks start at 1 p. yard games and ic location. There’s a connected virtuall

Individuals who raise $25 will receive a Walk for Hope commemorative pin and those who raise $100 will receive a special event T-shirt

Traveling trophies will be awarded to the Top Team and Individual Fundraisers. (Last year’s top individual fundraiser was Rich Bryant of Cape Associates, Inc.) In addition, the top individual fundraiser will receive a Fitbit and the top team fundraiser will be gifted a pizza party to celebrate their generous support

To register, donate, and learn more about Housing Assistance’s 5th Annual Walk for Hope, visit HACWalkforHope.org.

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