What if we charged a Land Bank–like tax on all seasonal rentals, and used the income to develop affordable housing for year-rounders? And what if we made all of that housing rent-to-own, so that people who can’t currently afford to buy anything here would eventually be able to have the security of home ownership?
—Laura Roosevelt, an author, poet, and photographer, lives in West Tisbury.
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