West Tisbury is considering a program that could ease the year-round housing crunch by incentivizing homeowners to switch their vacation rentals to year-round rentals.
Island developer William Cumming has dropped the retail element of his proposed Green Villa condominium complex on Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road in Oak Bluffs.
The Tisbury board voted unanimously in favor of the Cat Hollow 40B development, which, proposed by the nonprofit Island Housing Trust, will add six home ownership apartments within three duplexes off Causeway Road.
The select board voted last Tuesday to allocate $50,000 to begin designing the utility system for the proposed affordable housing development.
As the Island continues to struggle with its housing crisis, Chilmark is offering one-time cash incentives of up to $12,000 to homeowners who convert their properties from vacation rentals to year-round rentals.