TRURO — David and Carolyn Delgizzi of Weston, owners of the Truro Motor Inn, were rebuked by a judge at a Feb. 9 contempt hearing and ordered to find and […]
Housing
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Buy Down Pairs Generous Seller With Grateful Buyer
Wellfleet’s 12-year effort has yielded 9 hard-won sales
WELLFLEET — Nancy Lange wanted to sell her vacation house in Wellfleet to a local family instead of to the highest bidder. So, she agreed to sell her three-bedroom, one-bath […]
DEVELOPMENT
12 New Condos Proposed for Nelson Avenue
2 units would be affordable under Provincetown's inclusionary bylaw
PROVINCETOWN — Local developer Thomas Tannariello wants to build 12 condominium units on a .58-acre lot on Nelson Avenue. Two units would be deed-restricted as affordable dwellings. Tannariello’s company, Tri-T, […]
TRURO HOUSING
Long-Pending ‘Cloverleaf’ Plan Will Move Forward
With court date and bond requirement looming, lawsuit is settled
TRURO — A roadblock preventing progress on building a rental housing development here has been removed. The Truro Zoning Board of Appeals and affordable housing developer Community Housing Resource of […]
HOUSING CRISIS
Four Eastham Properties on Housing Roster
Thrift shop, motel, and Delgizzi condos would add to affordable stock
EASTHAM — The town could soon gain up to eight units of affordable or “workforce” housing, thanks to two sale agreements and two property takings for nonpayment of taxes. Town […]
PRESERVATION
Housing Is Top Priority for Truro CPC Funds
Committee recommends spending $780,000 of the $1.6 million available
TRURO — Housing is this year’s top priority for the community preservation committee (CPC), which plans to recommend that annual town meeting voters allocate $440,000 to efforts related to affordable […]
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
School Playground, Housing Are Top Priorities for Funding
Committee holds back because of town’s financial crisis
WELLFLEET — The top priority for the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) in the upcoming funding cycle has been the Wellfleet Elementary School playground. Members of the group plan to recommend […]
HOUSING
Half-Acre Lot Will Allow More Units at VFW
Developer will buy adjacent Mendes property for $1.4 million
PROVINCETOWN — A long-running effort to build affordable and community housing at the former VFW site on Jerome Smith Road received a big boost last week when the developer of […]
HOME/MAKING
Baker’s Belvernon Enters a New Era
Historic elements found in the basement and attic reappear in renovations
WELLFLEET — Jay and Allison Bombara love history. Jay is president of the historical society in Farmington, Conn., where the couple live most of the year in an antique house, […]
YEAR IN REVIEW: HOUSING CRISIS
2021 Saw a Growing Determination to Build
A labor crisis and lots of new money mean action is coming
PROVINCETOWN — The Covid pandemic has been called the “great accelerator,” because it took existing trends, like working from home, and societal problems, like the spread of misinformation on social […]
HOUSING CRISIS
Town Meeting Will Decide Funding and Possible Development Sites
Majority of select board favors stronger inclusionary bylaw revision
PROVINCETOWN — The local housing crisis will be on the table repeatedly at the 2022 annual town meeting in a slate of warrant articles to allocate money for housing, to […]
HOUSING
In Two Rulings, Opponents of Rental Developments Lose Out
Judges stand by bond orders for those who file appeals
Judges in two separate courts rendered rulings in the last week that buoyed developers of rental housing in Provincetown and Truro. In both cases, the state’s new Housing Choice Act […]
HOUSING FUNDS
Provincetown Boards Will Revisit Tax Revenue Split
Conservative rental tax estimate could mean housing loses out
PROVINCETOWN — The select board, community housing council, and year-round market-rate rental housing trust will reconvene on Dec. 15 to tackle, for the second time, a slate of housing proposals […]
HOUSING FOR WORKERS
Barracks Appeal to Stay in Superior Court, Judge Rules
No decision yet on whether plaintiffs must post a bond
PROVINCETOWN — An appeal of the planning board’s approval of the workforce housing development known as the Barracks will remain in Barnstable Superior Court. Lawyers for the developer, Provincetown businessman […]
COASTAL BANK
House on the Edge Sells for $5.5M
The controversial Blasch house fetches asking price
WELLFLEET — The Blasch house is no longer Mark and Barbara Blasch’s problem. Ownership of the 5,817-square-foot house perched atop “the Gut,” a rapidly eroding strip of steep coastal bank […]