PROVINCETOWN — The 12 apartments at 25-27A Bradford St. known as “Napiville” after their former owner, Anton “Napi” Van Dereck Haunstrup, were sold for half their assessed value last month […]
Housing
EMPLOYEE HOUSING
22 Sheraton Workers Lived in 2 Rooms This Summer
The J-1 student visa holders get an American cultural experience
EASTHAM — The 22 seasonal workers who spent the summer employed at the Four Points Sheraton in Eastham as part of the J-1 visa program have now returned home. It’s […]
REGIONAL STRATEGIES
Commission Aims to Create Community Land Trust
Nonprofit land trusts can sell homes to working people at steep discounts
HARWICH — An effort to secure more housing for working people on Cape Cod took a step forward last week when the Cape Cod Commission announced it would hold a […]
REGULATION
Short-Term Rentals: an Industry of Ones and Twos
Only 10 percent of P’town rentals belong to owners of three or more units
PROVINCETOWN — Almost a year ago, town meeting voters endorsed two measures to regulate the ownership of short-term rental properties here and prevent consolidation of the industry in the hands […]
ECONOMY
Obscure Regulation Limits What Employers Can Charge Staff for Housing
The rule hasn’t been updated in 20 years and affects all minimum-wage workers
PROVINCETOWN — As the cost of living has become increasingly untenable for workers on Cape Cod, many local businesses have had to sign leases on rental properties, or buy properties […]
HOUSING
Truro Select Board Postpones Taking of Truro Motor Inn
It is unclear who should receive $1.6 million in ‘just compensation’
TRURO — The select board decided at its Aug. 27 meeting to table a motion that would have executed the taking by eminent domain of the now-empty Truro Motor Inn […]
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Truro Part-Timers Worry About Housing and Health
A forum was the first project of revived part-time resident advisory committee
TRURO — At a forum organized by the Truro Part-Time Resident Advisory Committee on Aug. 19, several part-time residents advocated building more affordable housing in town, with some saying the […]
HOUSING
Inventory of Subsidized Units Falls Across Outer Cape
Changes in overall unit count caused the share of affordable units to drop
PROVINCETOWN — All four Outer Cape towns have recently seen a decrease in the state’s subsidized housing inventory, or SHI, which measures how much of a community’s year-round residential housing […]
NAPIVILLE
Napi’s Bradford St. Apartments Sold to Undisclosed Owners
The 12-unit property, complete with cesspool, was headed for receivership
PROVINCETOWN — The 12-unit apartment complex on Bradford Street known as “Napiville” after its late owner, Anton “Napi” Van Dereck Haunstrup, that long provided housing for his restaurant employees and […]
HOUSING
An Initial ‘Community Conversation’ About Maurice’s
Wellfleet awaits a 2028 start date for converting its campground into housing
WELLFLEET — The excitement was palpable at the Adult Community Center as roughly 60 people filed in to discuss the future of Maurice’s Campground, the 22-acre parcel that the town […]
WORKER HOUSING
When the Boss Is Your Landlord, It’s Complicated
The agreements keep businesses open but are legally ambiguous
PROVINCETOWN — When eight longtime employees of Marine Specialties owner Patrick Patrick arrived back on Cape Cod from Jamaica in 2019, their housing had fallen through. After a fruitless search, […]
MASTER PLAN
In Eastham, Housing Plan Must Wait Until 2035
As the number of affordable units shrinks, the town has no near-term strategy
EASTHAM — It has been five years since the town bought the 11-acre T-Time property for housing and commercial development. During that time, a nine-person committee spent four years gathering […]
HOUSING
Provincetown Aims to Lure Landlords to Year-Round Rental Market
‘Lease to Locals’ has helped secure 15 properties for 27 tenants so far
PROVINCETOWN — When Steven Rayl and Scott Presley purchased a gallery space at 352 Commercial St. with an attached apartment in 2017, they planned to rent out the one-bedroom unit […]
CHANGE OF USE
Former Kennel and Long-Planned Dispensary Could Become a House
After Provincetown Pet Resort closed, Green Harbor dispensary never opened
PROVINCETOWN — The owners of the former Provincetown Pet Resort at 79 Shank Painter Road, which for years was slated to become the Green Harbor cannabis dispensary, have petitioned the planning […]
HOUSING
Harbor Hill Apartments Will Not Be Sold — for Now
A year-long effort to find a buyer is thwarted by a taxability detail
PROVINCETOWN — The 28 apartments in the former timeshare complex at Harbor Hill will not be sold by the town — at least for now. That’s the decision reached earlier […]
