Homeowners wanted
Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk is seeking low-income families for homeownership opportunities in Suffolk County. To qualify for a Habitat home, applicants must earn between $28,000 and $47,000 for a...
View ArticleLittle House star hammers it home
Actress Melissa Gilbert recently joined Habitat for Humanity New York City to build a co-op apartment in the South Bronx. Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls in the T.V. version of “Little House on the...
View ArticleHome Depot greens Habitat homes
The Big Orange is going green, and giving some too. Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk will share in a $30 million green building grant program sponsored by the Home Depot Foundation and Habitat for...
View ArticleHabitat cracks list of top ten builders
Habitat for Humanity was named eighth largest homebuilder by Builder’s Magazine, the first time the nonprofit has been among the top 10 biggest builders in the United States. The organization’s Suffolk...
View Article11 surprising LI housing stats
It’s been more rough sledding for residential real estate on Long Island in 2011. For the fourth straight year, the industry has been plagued by weakening home prices and spotty sales. While real...
View ArticleHabitat for Humanity in training partnership
Both sides get a real charge out of this deal. Habitat for Humanity gets its homes wired for free, and Copiague-based Electrical Training Center uses those Habitat homes to provide vital on-the-job...
View ArticleNonprofit briefs
The waiter isn’t even acknowledging us On April 15, waiters will walk through the streets of Greenport, balancing a wine glass on a tray, but they won’t have time to stop and take orders. That’s...
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Scientists rock the lab Molecular biologists and other lab employees set their test tubes and petri dishes aside for an evening to perform at Labapalooza, a rock concert to benefit Cold Spring Harbor...
View ArticleBuilders form partnerships to give back
For four years in the early part of the century, Long Islander Ryan Donnelly spent a lot of time away from home. But he wasn’t vacationing and wasn’t on business trips. A sergeant in the U.S. Marine...
View Article10 affordable homes coming to Mastic Beach
Two housing nonprofit groups will partner with the Village of Mastic Beach to build or rehabilitate 10 affordable homes on tax-defaulted property transferred from Suffolk County.
View ArticleNonprofit briefs for Dec. 20, 2013
News briefs, current events and projects involving various Long Island nonprofits and nonprofit organizations.
View ArticleSpector Group, Habitat announce winning home design
The new home design will be built in Roosevelt by Habitat for Humanity later this year.
View Article11 surprising LI housing stats
It’s been more rough sledding for residential real estate on Long Island in 2011. For the fourth straight year, the industry has been plagued by weakening home prices and spotty sales. While real...
View ArticleHabitat for Humanity in training partnership
Both sides get a real charge out of this deal. Habitat for Humanity gets its homes wired for free, and Copiague-based Electrical Training Center uses those Habitat homes to provide vital on-the-job...
View ArticleNonprofit briefs
The waiter isn’t even acknowledging us On April 15, waiters will walk through the streets of Greenport, balancing a wine glass on a tray, but they won’t have time to stop and take orders. That’s...
View ArticleNonprofit briefs
Scientists rock the lab Molecular biologists and other lab employees set their test tubes and petri dishes aside for an evening to perform at Labapalooza, a rock concert to benefit Cold Spring Harbor...
View ArticleBuilders form partnerships to give back
For four years in the early part of the century, Long Islander Ryan Donnelly spent a lot of time away from home. But he wasn’t vacationing and wasn’t on business trips. A sergeant in the U.S. Marine...
View Article10 affordable homes coming to Mastic Beach
Two housing nonprofit groups will partner with the Village of Mastic Beach to build or rehabilitate 10 affordable homes on tax-defaulted property transferred from Suffolk County.
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