Housing

2025 Housing Production Plan Updates

• 2025 Town Housing Production Plans project resource site

2024 Zoning Analysis for Housing Solutions

• Zoning analysis for housing solutions
• Model Bylaws
• Slides from 1-22-25 presentation

2024 Housing Needs Assessment

• Martha's Vineyard Housing Needs Assessment, September 2024
• Martha's Vineyard Housing Needs Assessment Presentation, October 2024

Housing Action Task Force & Joint Affordable Housing Group Meeting Recordings

• Meeting Recordings- MVCs Housing Advocacy Playlist on YouTube

Other Key Housing Documents

• The State of Housing on MV (updated June 2024)
• MV Statistical Profile - Housing & Real Estate Extract (MVC report 5/2023)
• Affordable & Community Housing Zoning Analysis on MV (MVC report 2014)
• Dukes County Rental Assistance Snapshot (DCRHA table 4/20/2023)
• Dukes County Area Median Income Table (DCRHA table July 2022)
• Dukes County Regional Housing Authority Website (DCRHA)
• Monthly Real Estate Sales Data Dashboard & Map (MVC and Dukes County Registry of Deeds)
• 2020 Census Overview
• 2020 Census Presentation

Housing Production Plans

• Aquinnah
• Chilmark
• Edgartown
• Oak Bluffs
• Tisbury
• West Tisbury

Since the last part of the 20^th century, the cost of housing on Martha's Vineyard has soared to such levels that many year-round residents and seasonal workers are unable to find an adequate place to live, and many businesses have increasing difficulty retaining the workforce they need. To maintain a healthy and economically diverse society we need to ensure that there is a full range of housing options for the year-round population by assisting people whose needs are not met by market-rate housing.

• The Housing Situation on Martha's Vineyard: Describes the scope and reasons for the problem with housing affordability.
• MVC Efforts in Affordable and Community Housing: Outlines how the MVC has worked to support housing efforts.
• Who’s Who in Housing on the Vineyard: Links to housing organizations on and off the Vineyard.

• Joint Affordable Housing Group: The JAHG has met since 2005, convened by the MVC, and bringing together representatives of town affordable housing committees, Island housing organizations, and interested individuals to coordinate Island-wide support for addressing housing needs as well as implementing housing-related strategies from the 2009 Island Plan and 2024 Housing Needs Assessment.

• Housing Action Task Force: The HATF is the forum for convening State and local stakeholders to advance specific housing policy initiatives. This group is geared for educating Government officials and community policy leaders, and is open to the entire community.

Staff Contact

Laura Silber - Island Housing Planner

(508) 338-2405