Thanks From The Affordable Housing Trust

To the editor: We extend our heartfelt thanks to the voters at the 2025 Annual Town Meeting for your overwhelming support of affordable and attainable housing. Your vote of confidence allows the Affordable Housing Trust to continue its critical work: helping Nantucketers stay, live, and thrive on the island.

Tangible progress we have made together since 2009:

• Helped hundreds of local families secure stable, year-round housing.
• Added 322 units to the Town’s Subsidized Housing Inventory (SHI) since 2019, bringing us to 6.55 percent of the state’s required 10 percent.
• Expanded programs, including Lease to Locals, and created incentives to convert underutilized rentals into year-round homes.
• Invested in new opportunities to make more attainable units available in the coming years.

The funding approved at Town Meeting will allow us to build on this momentum, supporting projects currently in the pipeline, responding quickly to housing opportunities, and ensuring more Nantucketers have access to safe, secure housing.

One key takeaway from this year’s Town Meeting was the call for greater transparency and communication. While the Trust has been providing quarterly updates to the Select Board and Community Preservation Committee, we must do more to keep the public informed. We hear you—and we’re committed to continuing improvement.

We welcome your ideas on how we can improve our outreach. Whether through more frequent updates, community forums, or new ways to share information, our goal is to ensure you see the direct impact of your support.

The Affordable Housing Trust meets via Zoom on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. You can learn more about our work at nantucket-ma.gov/aht. Our Housing Newsletter is published quarterly; subscribe at nantucket-ma.gov/housingnews to receive it by email.

Thank you again for standing with us. Together, we’re making a real difference.

Brian Sullivan
Chair, Affordable Housing Trust

Kristie Ferrantella
Housing Director, Town of Nantucket