Local Housing Partnership

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Charge of the Wellfleet Local Housing Partnership

(Revised. Approved by the Select Board 5/7/24)

An appointed Wellfleet Town Committee whose goals are to underscore the housing needs of Wellfleet and to support that need through publicity, fundraising, communication, networking, and research with full and part time citizens.

A group of at least ten (10) members will work in coordination with the Wellfleet Housing Authority, Wellfleet Municipal Affordable Housing Trust and others to promote, provide, and maintain access to affordable housing. The members shall include at least one (1) member each from the Housing Authority, Open Space Committee, the Planning Board, the Zoning Board of Appeals, and six (6) members from the community at large. Assistance from staff shall include the Town Planner, Assistant Town Administrator, Building Commissioner and the Health and Conservation Agent(s). As members of the community, the Town staff may choose to be appointed as citizens in their own right. The Selectboard shall be the appointing authority.

The Partnership’s task shall include but not be limited to:

1. Organize projects that can foster community participation and education. Promote and publicize housing events and needs.
2. Coordinate with Town staff, departments and committees to promote and support affordable housing.
3. Assess the impact of local bylaws and regulations on Affordable Housing and bring such assessment to the attention of local boards and committees.
4. Support bylaws and regulations that promote housing opportunities in harmony with local environmental conditions.
5. Increase opportunities for affordable year-round housing through advocacy and education.
6. Update the assessment of local housing needs through surveys as needed.
7. Work with town boards and committees to impress on the Cape Cod National Seashore the urgent need for housing and help develop proposals for potential land swaps and use of Park owned housing stock to address that need.