At the March 21, 2005 Special Town Meeting, Sandwich residents voted overwhelming to replace the existing Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program with the Community Preservation Act. One of the purposes of this fund is to create and maintain affordable housing. As of May, 2008, The Sandwich Housing Authority has received $235,000 in CPA funding to acquire existing housing units for conversion to affordable rental properties. An additional $40,000 was received for the preliminary engineering and design work for the expansion of George Fernandes Way, an existing 12 unit affordable Family property off of Quaker Meetinghouse. The Authority is very appreciative of the support of the Community Preservation Review Committee, as well as the members of Town Meeting who recognized the need to support affordable focusing efforts and approved this funding. The Authority is continuing to aggressively pursue acquisition opportunities as well as efforts to expand the existing George Fernandes property. For more information on these projects: | 