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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

The Huntington Township Housing Coalition’s (HTHC) new 28-page report Huntington Housing Horizons 2030 received favorable coverage in Huntington Now in an article written by Pam Robinson.  Robinson says: “A housing coalition plans to present a report Monday to the Town Board on its findings, including recommendations for more affordable housing in Huntington. The 28-page Huntington… Continue reading Huntington Now Covers HTHC’s Jan 2020 28-Page Affordable Housing Report

The Huntington Township Housing Coalition’s (HTHC) new 28-page report Huntington Housing Horizons 2030 received favorable coverage in Long Island Business News (LIBN) in an article written by David Winzelberg.  Winzelberg says: “A new report presented by the Huntington Township Housing Coalition to Huntington’s town board Monday cites the critical need for affordable housing and outlines… Continue reading LIBN Covers HTHC’s Jan 2020 28-Page Affordable Housing Report

The Huntington Township Housing Coalition today published their new report on the state of affordable housing in Huntington.  Titled Huntington Housing Horizons 2030: Documenting the Need for Affordable Workforce Housing in Huntington, the report documents the need for affordable housing, looks at what has been built in Huntington since the town’s master plan, Horizons 2020, came… Continue reading HTHC Releases 28-Page Report: Huntington Housing Horizons 2030

Dear Supervisor Lupinacci and Members of the Town Board, The Huntington Township Housing Coalition appreciates your efforts to address the issues surrounding housing in the Town of Huntington, and especially those in the Village.  A thriving downtown attracts many potential customers, and if we do not address the issue of parking, we will choke off… Continue reading HTHC comments on proposed C6 zoning changes

The Huntington Township Housing Coalition appreciates the town’s efforts to address the issues surrounding housing in the Town of Huntington, and especially those in the Village. A thriving downtown attracts many potential customers, and if we do not address the issue of parking, we will choke off the health of commerce in the town. In… Continue reading HTHC position on proposed C6 zoning modifications