Martha's Vineyard is facing a severe housing affordability crisis that is impacting its workforce and posing a public safety issue. The high cost of rentals is forcing many workers, including correctional officers and 911 dispatchers, to leave the island or find alternative accommodations. Sheryl Taylor, an administrator at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, has to leave the island each summer because she cannot afford the seasonal rents. The situation has become so dire that it is threatening public safety, as officials struggle to retain and attract essential workers. In one case, a correctional officer switched to a lower-paying cleaning job to maintain access to low-income housing.
A new report lays out in stark terms just how many low- and middle-income folks are being forced to move away from Martha’s Vineyard as its popularity with wealthy vacationers soars. https://t.co/9cKmszS0wf
Martha's Vineyard rentals have gotten so expensive a correctional officer switched to cleaning to earn less so she didn't lose access to low-income housing. https://t.co/OTxVtWekRp
On wealthy Martha’s Vineyard, costly housing is forcing workers out and threatening public safety https://t.co/o0DgDc1g7X
Sheryl Taylor works as an administrator for Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. Each summer, she has to leave the island or stay with friends because she can’t afford the high seasonal rents. https://t.co/NRtiyHlDRB
Martha's Vineyard workers can't afford to live there. Officials worry that could become a public safety issue as they can't retain or attract correctional officers or 911 dispatchers, AP reports. https://t.co/4FD0BMwhDU
A weeklong Cape getaway could now run you six figures — at least for the renters of one particularly opulent Nantucket estate. https://t.co/FCdTTDlhXU