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Policy is established by a five member Board of Community Preservation Act Committee for partial 4 Commissioners—four of whom are elected and one funding was not funded. A second application was state-appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts. submitted, in a two-phase application and we await Current members are David Harsch, Richard Halpern, their decision. Dan Homeyer, Francis Laporte and E. Stuart Peoples. Our non-profit corporation, the Mashpee Activities During the Past Year Affordable Housing Trust,while still incorporated as a Our biggest challenge this past year has been try- 501 (c) 3 is presently inactive. ing to administer programs and upkeep our properties Resident Services based on a budget that has not been increased by DHCD since 2001. We have done our best to keep up Several services and recreational activities are with building maintenance and tenant services, but offered to our residents: A monthly newsletter is pro- with the higher costs of utilities, supplies,maintenance vided;Bingo is offered occasionally;there is an annual materials and contract costs, the authority was forced Ice Cream Social;pot luck dinners;afternoon teas;and to cut back on its routine maintenance and landscaping miscellaneous presentations throughout the year. In of its two properties: Homeyer Village and Breezy addition, the housing authority maintains a small Acres.There was no staff salary increases allowed. library for resident use, and a sitting area with televi- sion and VCR. Coin-operated washing machines and In 2006,the Authority paid out over$286,914.00 driers are provided for resident use. in rent subsidies for Mashpee residents. We spent over $45,250.00 for the maintenance and upkeep of our two Community Involvement properties, Homeyer Village and Breezy Acres. The The Executive Director remains ver active in authority paid $928.53 to the Town of Mashpee fora Y payment in lieu of taxes for our family house site. community, State and Federal housing groups: In 2006 Mrs. Botsford was elected the President of the Small Housing Authority Directors Organization. She The Housing Authority has been forced to close is a member of the Cape Housing Officials is a mem- many of its waiting lists, as lists have gotten extremely ber of the Southeastern Massachusetts Executive long. As of December 31, 2006 the only lists open are Directors Association; a member of the Mashpee for the Chapter 667 housing(elderly/disabled housing) Human Service Council; a member of the National at Homeyer Village, and the four-bedroom MRVP Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials; Project Based housing at Mashpee Village. and a member of the Section 8 Administrations Association. Earlier in 2006 the Authority awarded a contract to E.A.Fish&Associates to develop our new project Current Housing Programs on Asher's Path for affordable senior rental housing. 14 Scattered site family and elderly units In December we were advised that the project has funded via the Department of Housing and been funded. We are extremely excited about this new Community Development (DHCD) under the development–the first new construction we have been Massachusetts Rental Assistance Program able to do in about 15 years. We expect to break (MRVP). ground in the spring of 2007 and hope for construction completion by the end of the year. There will be a 38 Project based family and elderly units two-year training period before the housing authority funded via the Department of Housing and takes complete management of this property. Community Development (DHCD) under the Massachusetts Rental Assistance Program The Authority continues to move forward with (MRVP)project based program located at TCB the hope to expand our property located 570 Old Mashpee Village. Barnstable Road (Breezy Acres). The expansion of Breezy Acres would include the construction of mod- • One Alternative Housing Voucher Program ular housing under a group endeavor with the units (AHVP) funded via the Department of Department of Housing and Community Development. We hope to add four new affordable • Housing and Community Development rental housing for families on this property. The first (DHCD)to assist non-elderly disabled individ- application that was submitted to the town's uals. 109