Community Housing Innovations

Beautiful CHI-renovated home to be sold at auction this Sunday!
Bidding to start at $279,000

Community Housing Innovations has just completed renovation of a 5-bedroom, 2-bath home in Freeport and will sell it this Sunday to a lucky homebuyer with its trademarked “Negotiated Auction.” Unlike the traditional auction, the winning bidder will have 10 days without penalty to decide whether or not to proceed with the sale and 45 days to get a mortgage. If the winner fails to proceed, CHI will go to the next bidder in line.

According to CHI executive director Alexander Roberts, “The Negotiated Auction combines the fairness of an auction with the homebuyer protections of a negotiated sale.”

Click Here for details and to arrange to see the home before Sunday’s auction.
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CHI works with neighborhood to site shelter for homeless families
Commissioner calls community cooperation “Unprecedented”

When CHI prepared to open a shelter for homeless families in a Setauket neighborhood,
it was no surprise that community members came out against it. But instead of just saying,
“No,” residents offered to work with the nonprofit agency to find an alternative site.
News 12 Long Island picks up the story…

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Instead of the fear that regularly motivates reactions to homeless people, two Westhampton High School students have learned that caring is good for the giver and the recipient. See how these two seniors have brought some needed sunshine into the lives of homeless men at our Supervised Singles Residence in Riverhead, and to themselves...

With an additional $300,000 available for down payment assistance to first time homebuyers in Westchester, as well as over $500,000 left on Long Island, CHI has scheduled free seminars to help residents access the money. The first will be held tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 pm in Brentwood at Suffolk County Community College.

Ardsley takes first steps towards creating “fair and affordable” housing

The Ardsley Village Board late last month declared itself lead agency, as co-developers Community Housing Innovations and Architectura introduced a proposed 22-unit development that will feature 17 affordable homeownership units with 2-bedrooms that will sell for about $220,000 each and four “workforce” condominiums with 3-bedrooms that will sell for about $300,000. Read the full story in the Rivertowns Enterprise.

Sign up for “Fair and Affordable” Homes in Westchester County
Opportunities to buy affordable homes in places like
Ardsley, Katonah, Harrison, Larchmont, etc. coming soon

As part of its response to the federal discrimination settlement order, Westchester County has set up a new Central Intake Registration System for prospective homebuyers. The county is required to develop 750 affordable homes in 31 heavily segregated areas of Westchester County over seven years to foster equal opportunity. The registration site is now available for families to complete. Households who complete this form will be contacted in the future as fair and affordable housing opportunities arise. Families will be encouraged to complete their homebuyer counseling with access to the agencies that provide this training, including CHI.