At Housing Nantucket, it’s our goal to provide safe, affordable housing solutions to island residents.  We are a private, not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to create housing opportunities for the Nantucket community. By helping Nantucket's core people establish roots here, we encourage a stable yet diverse year-round community.

Those taking advantage of Housing Nantucket programs include:

• health care professionals
• Town employees
• teachers and school employees
• postal workers
• police officers
• firefighters
• retail and service workers
• non-profit employees
• families and single parents
• elderly

Most year rounders will never earn salaries that will allow them to own a market rate home. Median home prices exceed $1.5 Million dollars, but the median household income is only around $90K per year.   Our Covenant Program opens the door to home-ownership for moderate income families.  

In 2009, Nantucket was ranked the most expensive county to rent a home by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.  Housing Nantucket is an on-island landlord. We serve those earning up to 100% of median income. Our rental inventory consists of 26 mostly single-family dwellings in scattered sites around the island. Fill out our ""Ready-To-Rent” application to get on our list.

Housing Nantucket is also greatly concerned with environmental impact. Many of our rental dwellings were acquired through house recycling, where we accept structurally sound buildings from private donors.  The buildings are then relocated, rehabilitated and rented to income qualified year-round residents. We have saved many wonderful dwellings from demolition and are the island's go-to source for Relocatable Dwellings for Sale. This is a list of dwellings that have to potential to be sold at a fraction of their appraised value and relocated at the expense of the buyer.

There are many ways to help us further our mission. Please contact us for current volunteer opportunities, and find out more information about donating here.