Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for details. All meetings are at Town Hall unless otherwise indicated.
Thursday, April 17
- Nauset Communications Subcommittee, 9 a.m., online
- Board of Registrars, 10 a.m.
- Select Board, 4 p.m.
- Recreation Commission, 5:30 p.m., 555 Old Orchard Road
Monday, April 21
- Town Hall closed for Patriots Day
Tuesday, April 22
- Conservation Committee on-site, 8:15 a.m., begins at Town Hall
- Select Board Pre-Town Meeting, 5:30 p.m.
- Conservation Commission, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, April 23
- Open Space Committee, 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 24
- Council on Aging Board of Directors, 9 a.m.
- Board of Health, 3 p.m.
Conversation Starter
Lease to Locals Contract
Eastham’s Lease to Locals program will be run through the California-based company Placemate, Assistant Town Manager Rich Bienvenue confirmed at the select board’s March 24 budget hearing with the finance committee. The company already runs year-round rental incentive programs in Nantucket and Provincetown.
In Provincetown, the incentives for landlords who convert their short-term rentals, seasonal rentals, or vacation homes into year-round rental properties range from $4,000 for a private room in a house to $20,000 for a three-bedroom unit with three qualified tenants. The rent that landlords can charge to tenants is capped, and the long-term leases run for one year.
Provincetown wound up extending its subsidies for a second year to avoid displacing tenants while the Province Post affordable rental project is being completed.
Bienvenue said that Eastham’s Lease to Locals program would likely begin in September and run for at least two years. —Parker Mumford
