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Airport staff outline housing strategy amid island affordability challenges; commission asks for bed‑mapping
Summary
Airport Manager Smith presented a housing production/strategy briefing citing extreme local housing costs and limited listings; commissioners debated stipends, rental guarantees, building vs. buying, and asked staff to perform bed‑mapping for full‑time and seasonal employees before the next meeting.
Airport Manager Smith presented a data‑driven housing strategy briefing to the commission on March 24, describing the scale of the local housing challenge for airport staff. Smith said the current average market home value on Nantucket is roughly $2,970,000, with a median listing price near $3.5 million and an estimated $1,750 per square foot. Active housing listings were cited at just 78 at the time of the review.
Smith compared utility and fuel costs (electricity roughly 18–21¢/kWh; gasoline and…
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