Committee approves prior minutes; HAC requests $3,500 funding increase
Eastham Human Services Committee hears Housing Assistance Corp update on affordable housing crisis. Patty Mitrokostas of Housing Assistance Corporation presented the agency's 2024 work serving 85 Eastham residents through energy assistance, rental aid, and homelessness prevention, requesting $3,500
Human Services Advisory Committee · Meeting of January 7, 2026
Eastham Human Services Committee hears Housing Assistance Corp update on affordable housing crisis. Patty Mitrokostas of Housing Assistance Corporation presented the agency's 2024 work serving 85 Eastham residents through energy assistance, rental aid, and homelessness prevention, requesting $3,500 in annual funding, up from $3,000. Mitrokostas described Cape Cod's severe rental shortage, with 1 to 2 percent vacancy, one-bedroom apartments starting at $2,000 monthly, and median home prices at approximately $820,000, and noted that the agency's fastest-growing homeless population is seniors.
The committee approved December minutes unanimously and learned administration may increase fiscal 2027 funding for the panel's review of 15 human service agencies.
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Source: the Human Services Advisory Committee meeting of January 7, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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