Business owners and communities are coming up with new solutions for employee housing as the populations explode in the summer.
For Paulo Paraguay, the first week of June is always an especially sweet time of year on Cape Cod. As the owner of the Kandy Korner in Hyannis, Massachusetts, the 34-year-old knows the most lucrative time of the year for his small business is just off the horizon.
Across countless seasonal communities nationwide, business owners are scrambling to find last-minute housing accommodations for employees or risk not having the workers they need this year.Jake Dewey opened a boat rental business in Hyannis in 2006. He says he never intended to become a landlord. But summer after summer, he couldn't hire the workers he needed because they couldn't find any affordable place to live.
The shortage is also impacting J-1 Visa Exchange students. J-1 Visas provide around 300,000 foreign visitors from 200 countries the ability work in the U.S. each year. Prior to the pandemic, an estimated 5,000 worked on Cape Cod each summer. Business owners say they're a critical component to the workforce."The businesses have to work less hours or less days of the week they are open.
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