The Dukes County Housing Authority is accepting applications for seven affordable apartments in Vineyard Haven.
As summer rental deposits come due, the 2020 season is a landscape of question marks for Vineyard vacationers and homeowners alike.
Islanders needing help with the rent during the pandemic emergency are getting some relief, thanks to a joint program begun this month.
Two weeks after the short-term rental tax was signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker, elected officials and town hall administrators on the Vineyard were busy sorting through the details and fielding phone calls from confused homeowners.
With an end-of-the-year stroke of the pen, Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation last Friday extending state and local occupancy taxes now paid by hotels to short-term rentals such as those offered through Airbnb.
Legislation passed this week by Massachusetts lawmakers would extend state and local occupancy taxes to short-term rental properties.