Updated, March 13
The Dukes County Regional Housing Authority is accepting applications for four units in the Carl Widdis Way Apartments, a town project currently under construction near Aquinnah Town Hall.
Applications will be accepted until 5 pm on Friday, April 12.
The project is part of a larger town center plan for Aquinnah, along with a playground, and a foraging area in collaboration with Island Grown Initiative. The project is named in memory of the well-known Wampanoag figure Carl Widdiss, who was active in town government and a supporter of affordable housing.
The apartments’ construction began in August, and they are scheduled to be inhabited by July 1.
Monthly rents for the new units, not including utility costs, are $1,608 for a one-bedroom apartment, $2,172 for a one-bedroom apartment, $1,908 for a two-bedroom apartment, and $2,585 for a two-bedroom apartment. One of each size apartment is available for those earning 80 percent or less of the area median income, and one of each size is available for those earning 100 percent or less of the area median income. The one-bedroom apartments are 712 square feet, and the two-bedroom apartments are 868 square feet.
For three of the apartments, the Housing Authority will give preference to applicants residing in Aquinnah, or for those working for the town or in Aquinnah. More information for the application requirements and the selection lottery is available at bit.ly/3VfdgEq.
Informational meetings regarding the apartments will be held at Aquinnah town hall on Wednesday, March 20, at 5:30 pm, and on Saturday, March 30, at 11 am.
Applications in English and Portuguese are available on the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority website, and by phone request to the Housing Authority at 508-693-4419.
Do the rental costs referenced in this article include the utilities, or are the tenants responsible for all their own utilities?
Those prices don’t sound particularly “affordable” for “working” people – i.e., those relying on wages from so-called “blue collar” jobs, landscaping or carpentry, teaching, policing, etc. on the Vineyard. But maybe others would beg to differ: like folks working in those professions. I wonder how those rates were determined. Is there a way to see the calculations at play here?
Go to Town Hall, with a film crew, and make a FOIA request. There are no secrets you can’t get.
I think that you will find that they are priced pretty close to break even.
We certainly don’t want any of that Section 8 Subsidized housing on our Island.
We know what kind of people that draws.
The police are not blue collar, they are well educated, well trained, well disciplined, highly respected professionals.
Back the Blue.
(Yes, given what teachers are paid, I would say we can consider teaching the nation’s children to be a “blue collar” job until such a time as the people who invested so much in training to become teachers are paid what we think American children’s education is worth)
Crane operators make more than teachers, should they?
Those prices are alot less than Boston but a little high for New Bedford or Fall River, believe it or not…
Can’t get that much house for that much money in New Bedford. Fall River, maybe.
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