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12/5/2021 For Immediate release: Hunter Gross has been named the new president of the Huntington Township Housing Coalition.  Elected at the November directors meeting, he will take over in December.  Roger Weaving, the immediate past president, will serve as Vice President, Dick Koubek will serve as Secretary and Kelly Smith will remain as Treasurer.  We’re… Continue reading Hunter Gross Named President of the Huntington Township Housing Coalition

On September 27, 2021, all the candidates for Huntington Town Supervisor and Town Board appeared in a live panel discussion hosted by the Huntington Township Housing Coalition, during which each agreed that the Town needs more affordable homes. While they saw the need for more parking and infrastructure such as sewers, they also saw Huntington’s… Continue reading Town of Huntington Candidates Respond to the Question “Is the Town Full?”

Page 17 of the Sept 23 issue of The Long Islander contains a story about the HTHC Meet the Candidates event that was streamed live on Facebook and can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/HuntingtonTHC/videos/537017944028556 To read the story, CLICK HERE.

HUD has released the income guidelines for 2021.  These guidelines affect who is eligible to apply for housing in developments that have received HUD money. The income limits depend on family size.  The Area Median Income (AMI) for our area is $129,900.  A commonly-used standard is 80% of AMI.  As you can see on the… Continue reading 2021 HUD Guidelines for Affordability Published

To watch video recording of this event, CLICK HERE All are invited to join us this Monday, September 20th @7PM for HTHC and Housing Help Inc.’s Meet the Candidates Night. It will be streamed *LIVE* from the HTHC Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HuntingtonTHC

By Roger Weaving Jr The Long Island Regional Planning Council released a report showing that multifamily housing developments recently built on Long Island produce fewer students than expected, and produce more tax revenue than it costs to educate the students who live there.   One of the developments studied was Avalon at Huntington, which added 56 students to… Continue reading LI Regional Planning Council Issues Report on Multi-Family Housing

By Maura McDermott Long Islanders’ housing costs have risen by 24% since 2000 even as median household income has fallen by 1.6%, according to a new report that recommends building up the region’s downtowns and allowing more housing options. Nearly 6 in 10 renters and more than one in three homeowners on Long Island shell… Continue reading Newsday . . LI housing costs 24% more than in 2000, and we’re earning 1.6% less, report says

This week the Town Board effectively ended all building of apartments in Huntington Village by passing amendments to the C6 Zoning that unnecessarily increase the parking requirements and limit upper floors to 150% of the ground floor footprint.  These added cost burdens make it impossible to build affordable housing for our residents, and indeed, will… Continue reading July 31, 2020 Op-Ed: A Sad Day for Huntington Housing

The Huntington Township Housing Coalition (HTHC) is pleased to present a panel discussion on why we need affordable housing and what we can do to create more of it in Huntington.  The Zoom panel meeting will take place at 7:00 PM Monday June 15th.  After initial remarks by each of the panelists we will ask… Continue reading Jun 15, 2020 HTHC Zoom Panel on the Future of Affordable Housing

The Huntington Township Housing Coalition (HTHC), a 501 c3 organization dedicated to encouraging the development of affordable new and rehabilitated homes, both rental and ownership, for low and moderate income individuals and families in Huntington, is offering to discuss the issues surrounding affordable workforce housing with any person running for any local, county, or state office that can… Continue reading HTHC Offers Affordable Housing Education to Candidates