Affordable Housing Trust

The Affordable Housing Trust unanimously approved prior minutes and voted to expend up to $73,500 in FY2026 for salary and overtime. Vice Chair Robert C. Lawton, Jr., Deborah Clark, and Mark Forest (by remote) also amended the Habitat for Humanity agreement for the Wood Road development at 1121

Yarmouth Affordable Housing Trust examines short-term rental market and future regulations. Researchers Kerry Spitzer and Michael McNall of UMass Amherst's Donahue Institute presented findings showing short-term rentals generate $5 million in annual tax revenue and remain mostly