LONG ISLAND HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC

AHC HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (HIP):HIP BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY BY ELIMINATING AND PREVENTING BLIGHT, AND BY CORRECTING BASIC HOUSING DEFICIENCIES SUCH AS BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS OR STRUCTURAL DEFECTS, FOR FAMILIES AND SENIOR CITIZENS WITH LOW TO MODERATE INCOMES. IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAM CAN ELIMINATE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS FOR ELIGIBLE HANDICAPPED HOMEOWNERS.-THREE REHABS WERE COMPLETED IN 2024. THE NYS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION (AHC) GRANTED EACH HOMEOWNER A MAXIMUM OF $40,000, GENERATING PROGRAM REVENUE OF $9,000.PLUS-ONE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PROGRAM (ADUP):IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWNS OF BROOKHAVEN, HUNTINGTON, ISLIP AND SOUTHOLD, LIHP WAS AWARDED $12 MILLION FROM THE NYS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION (AHC) TO ADMINISTER THE ADUP ($2 MILLION PER TOWN). THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES UP TO $125,000 OF ASSISTANCE TO EXISTING LOW-AND MODERATE-INCOME HOME OWNERS WISHING TO ADD AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (ADU) TO THEIR PROPERTY OR MAKE CAPITAL REPAIRS TO AN EXISTING ADU THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL AND STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS. LIHP KICKED OFF A NEW ISLIP PROGRAM IN 2024, AND WAS RECENTLY AWARDED A $2 MILLION GRANT FOR RIVERHEAD IN EARLY 2025.TOWN OF BABYLON HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM:-IN 2023, LIHP WAS AWARDED TOWN OF BABYLON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOME IMPROVEMENT. IT PROVIDES NO-INTEREST DEFERRED PAYMENT LOANS TO QUALIFIED LOW TO MODERATE-INCOME TO THREE HOMEOWNERS. THE MAXIMUM LOAN IS UP TO $50,000 TO CORRECT SUBSTANDARD HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS AND AN ADDITIONAL $15,000 FOR LEAD ABATEMENT.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:LIHP PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES TO MUNICIPALITIES, NOT-FOR-PROFIT HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS TO FACILITATE THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATION OF APPLICANT WAITING LISTS, CONDUCTING LOTTERIES, DETERMINATION OF APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY AND RE-CERTIFICATION, APPLICANT FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE, AND SERVING AS AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN THE BUILDERS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE SERVE. LIHP ASSISTED 1,146 HOUSEHOLDS IN 2024 THROUGH ITS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. OF THESE 1,146 UNITS, 1,014 WERE RENTALS, 15 WERE HOMEOWNERSHIP AND 117 WERE LIMITED EQUITY COOPERATIVE UNITS. 13 NEW TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS WERE EXECUTED IN 2024 FOR VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS, REPRESENTING 107 ADDITIONAL UNITS. OF THESE 13 DEVELOPMENTS, 10 ARE FOR RENTALS (REPRESENTING AN ADDITIONAL 98 AFFORDABLE UNITS) AND 3 ARE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP (REPRESENTING AN ADDITIONAL 9 AFFORDABLE UNITS) IN 2024, LIHP ASSISTED 1,146 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH ITS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS-IN 2024, 10 NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS BECAME ACTIVE, EITHER THROUGH A VIRTUAL LOTTERY OR COMMENCEMENT OF A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED APPLICATION PROCESS, MAKING 110 ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE UNITS AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFIED HOUSEHOLDS. -FOR 2024, LIHP HAD 58 ACTIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS FOR WHICH WE PROVIDED RENTAL OR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER SERVICES. OF THESE 58 AGREEMENTS, 50 WERE FOR RENTAL DEVELOPMENTS AND 8 WERE FOR HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENTS.-AS OF JANUARY 2025, LIHP HAS 17 ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS WHICH ARE EXECUTED BUT WERE NOT ACTIVE IN 2024 FOR EITHER RENTAL OR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER SERVICES. THESE 17 AGREEMENTS REPRESENT AN ADDITIONAL 253 UNITS.-LIHP ALSO HAS A TECHNICAL SERVICES AGREEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH A 117- UNIT LIMITED EQUITY COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT (HIGHLAND GREENS) THROUGH WHICH LIHP PROVIDES GENERAL ASSISTANCE AND DESIGNATE REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE AS BOARD MEMBERS.