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Cape Cod Commission outlines regional housing strategy recommendations to county commissioners
Summary
Commission staff presented the regional housing strategy’s findings and recommended actions including zoning changes, preapproved construction plans, a community land trust and a regional land bank, and incentives to preserve year‑round housing.
Christy Sanatorium, executive director of the Cape Cod Commission, and senior staff presented the commission’s regional housing strategy recommendations to the Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners on Feb. 12, 2025. The presentation outlined findings about the region’s housing stock and offered a set of actions intended to accelerate production of diverse, year‑round housing while protecting sensitive resources.
Nut graf: Commissioners and commission staff framed the strategy as a regional, data‑driven effort to expand housing types and preservation tools across the 15 Cape towns, and to coordinate zoning, permitting, infrastructure and climate‑resilience planning so growth occurs in appropriate locations.
Key findings presented by commission staff included: about 80% of housing on the Cape is single‑family; roughly 36% of regional housing is seasonal;…
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