ABOUT FHT
Our mission is to enhance the Town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, and the lives of its residents, by developing and maintaining affordable housing for the benefit of persons of low and moderate income…
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CURRENT INITIATIVES
Current Initiatives include Odd Fellows Hall and The Gerald Flynn House.
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WAYS TO GIVE
Gifts to the Falmouth Housing Trust, Inc. help us to fund special projects, add programming, and serve more Falmouth constituents.
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The Need for Affordable Workforce Housing
The Trust is a Falmouth nonprofit that works to develop and maintain affordable workforce housing for low-to-moderate income people. With an eye toward small, strategic projects, we acquire properties and create housing to fit into the landscape of our community. Our housing is rented or sold to qualifying, working individuals at affordable prices.
We Work To…
- Make Falmouth affordable for the working middle-class
- Support people who live and/or work in Falmouth
- Promote affordable homeownership and rental opportunities
- Encourage employers to retain and create job opportunities
“Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.”
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Carey Murphy lives in Waquoit with his wife of 31 years, Martha. Their three adult sons are all employed in the ski business, a sport that Carey loves to spend his winter months enjoying. They recently sold their retail business, Kensington’s at Mashpee Commons, after owning and operating it for 29 years.
Kevin McCarthy joined the board of directors of the Falmouth Housing Trust in 2012. Kevin’s entire career has been spent pursuing various “oceans” related endeavors, first as a professional diver, followed by various senior level management positions at a number of oceanographic manufacturing companies, including Klein Associates and Teledyne Benthos. He holds a B.S. from Northeastern University and an M.B.A. from Suffolk University. In 2000, he joined Hydroid LLC, a startup subsea robotics company that was founded to commercialize the REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle technologies developed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. In 2008, the company was acquired by the Norwegian company, Kongsberg Maritime, for $80 million. Kevin retired from his position of Vice President of Marketing in 2010 to devote more time to his passion for wildlife photography. Some of his work can be viewed at: www.McCarthyNatureImages.com.
Beth Ciarletta grew up in rural New Jersey then moved to Raleigh, NC for eighteen years where she met her husband Michael, co-founded a business, married and began their family. She relocated to Falmouth in 2012 with her husband to raise their children in a smaller community-based town, and to be closer to family. Her husband’s family lives in Norwood, MA and vacationed in Falmouth and on Cape Cod for many years.
Kenneth Buckland and his family; wife Nicolette and two boys, moved to Falmouth during Hurricane Gloria in 1985. They moved to town so that Ken could take the position as the Town Planner.
Joan Bates has lived in Falmouth with her husband, Robert, since 2002. Prior to that, the couple lived in Newton. Joan’s 25-year professional career was in special education and nonprofit management.
Susan Roman grew up in Falmouth and went to Sacred Heart High School. She graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1993 and earned her law degree from Boston College Law School in 1997.
Joanne O’Sullivan is a real estate attorney who has been practicing law in Falmouth since 1995. She is a self described “wash-ashore” living on Cape Cod for close to 20 years. Joanne grew up in South Boston, and graduated from the University of Chicago and Boston College Law School. Attorney O’Sullivan has been a sole practitioner for the past six years. She is married and her children are enrolled in the Falmouth Public Schools. Ms. O’Sullivan joined the FHT Board of Directors in 2009 and became Vice President in 2011.
Past President, Addie Drolette, is a Falmouth native. She and her five brothers attended the Falmouth Public Schools, and her parents, Martha and Ralph Vaccaro, still live in the family home in West Falmouth. Addie now makes her home in East Falmouth and has three adult children and three grandchildren.