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Falmouth Housing Trust Launches Online Strategic Planning Survey

The survey period will run from now through Friday, May 11.

The Falmouth Housing Trust recently launched its Strategic Planning online survey for the Falmouth community. The survey is available to the public and can be accessed online by visiting the Trust's website, FalmouthHousingTrust.org. Interested parties who are without computer access may contact the Trust for a hard copy of the survey at 508-540-2370. The survey period will run from now through Friday, May 11.

The Falmouth Housing Trust was awarded a $3,000 grant from the Technical Assistance Program of the Cape Cod Commission to fund a facilitator to lead the Falmouth Housing Trust through the Strategic Planning process. The Trust board will host a planning retreat on Sunday, June 10 from 10am–4pm. The full board of directors will participate in the retreat, as well as representatives from the political, civic, human services and business community.

“This is a great chance for the Trust to focus on what our community wants in regard to its affordable housing needs for the upcoming 3-5 years,” said Anne Connolly Saganic, Executive Director of the Falmouth Housing Trust. “The online survey is anonymous and is a critical part of the pre-work FHT is doing to solicit feedback regarding our past performance. By taking the survey, the Falmouth community has this opportunity to shape our future focus and goals.”

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The Falmouth Housing Trust was officially incorporated in 1991 and organized in 1986 under Massachusetts General Law as a Community Development Corporation tasked with combating homelessness and promoting individual home ownership for persons of low to moderate income. The Falmouth Housing Trust is responsible for the completion of two local neighborhoods designated as 100% affordable with a total of 24 homes. The Trust acts as an independent monitoring agent during the resale of affordable housing stock for the Town of Falmouth and reports annually to the state, county and local government.

In 1994, the Falmouth Housing Trust purchased the Gerald Flynn House, located at 170 Palmer Avenue in Falmouth, from the U.S. Veterans' Administration, who had previously owned and operated the property as a halfway house for alcoholic U.S. Veterans. The Flynn House is operated as a drug free supervised sober house for the chronically homeless and dually diagnosed population. A contract with the Gosnold Treatment Center provides for a live-in House Manager and case management services for residents. The Falmouth Housing Authority manages the federal Housing Assistance Payment for tenants living at the property and assists in annual federal reporting and compliance. U.S. Veterans and Falmouth residents receive preferential placement into the program.

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For more information on the Falmouth Housing Trust or the Gerald Flynn House, consult FalmouthHousingTrust.org or contact the Trust via email, info@FalmouthHousingTrust.org, or by telephone, 508-540-2370. 

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