Foreign summer workers can't find anywhere to live on the Cape either

Cape Cod has relied on summer workers who come from elsewhere in the US and from abroad for decades and as fewer low-wage workers can afford to live on the Cape, more non-local workers are needed. The foreign workers travel on J-1 visas; they are high school or college students who want to make some money and live in America during their summer breaks.Large resort employers can house their summer staff - in fact Chatham Bars Inn expects to hire 100 J-1 workers this summer and will put them up in a hotel and other residences just for their employees. But smaller employers who need the help can't find housing for their employees and those young people are left to comb through Craigslist or Marketplace - often from back in their home country.Things go wrong and some are left scrambling at the last minute. so the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce has hired someone to coordinate the housing for the J-1 workers this summer. Read more about it on the Boston Globe's newsletter here.