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The Housing profile for Harwich was put together by the Cape Cod Commission using data from housing research they conducted in each Cape town.
Harwich Housing Profile (pdf)
DownloadA Housing Production Plan (HPP) is a community's proactive strategy for planning and developing affordable housing by creating a strategy to enable it to meet its affordable housing needs in a manner consistent with the Chapter 40B statute and regulation
Housing Production Plan (pdf)
DownloadOn August, 6th, 2024 Governor Maura Healey signed the Affordable Homes Act into law (Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024). The legislation is historic and authorizes $5.16 billion in spending over the next five years along with nearly 50 policy initiatives to counter rising housing costs caused by high demand and limited supply
Affodable Homes Act Fact Sheet (pdf)
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In December of 2023, the Harwich Fire Association was granted funds from the Affordable Housing Trust to help complete their conversion of the old Fire Housing to a mixed use building for events with three Affordable apartments above. Stay tuned for updates on the lottery.

John Carey received Affordable Housing Trust funds to create three new affordable units in Harwich. These units have been filled through the lottery process. John has plans to continue partnering with the Town and creating affordable rental units.
In Spring of 2024 the Harwich Affordable Housing Trust (Trust) released an Request for Proposal (RFP) for the development of Trust owned land into Affordable Housing units. Bid openings were in early June. Through the RFP selection process, the development team selected was Pennrose. The Affordable Housing Trust and Pennrose are currently in the negotiation phase. Pennrose proposed a 60 unit, 90 bedroom development with all units being income and rent restricted ranging from 30% and 100% AMI. Please stay connected for updates on this project.

Below are links that the Affordable Housing Trust has available to help you navigate the information you are looking for.
This link will bring you to the Affordable Housing Trust page on the Town of Harwich website.
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