Under Westchester County’s new Housing Help Program, CHI has received funding for the Blue Priority Homeowners Initiative to assist homeowners in Westchester County who are facing foreclosure. See the County’s Press Release using the link below. https://homes.westchestergov.com/housing-help The program...
In a cynical attempt to polarize and scare white suburban homeowners, President Trump took a page from the playbook that others have used successfully to create fear of affordable and low-income housing. In verbal remarks, he specifically identified Westchester...
No human being, black, white, Left wing or Right wing, could watch the agonizing death of George Floyd without feeling outrage against the officers who perpetrated this crime. Protests have justifiably erupted around the country against police brutality. After the protests,...
Community Housing Innovations is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors — Quwane Johnson and Carolyn B. Stevens. Steven Gifford, CHI’s Board Chair, stated, “I am delighted to welcome Quwane and Carolyn...
We are delighted to share an ongoing success story involving Crystal, a client at CHI’s Port Jefferson Station Supervised Family Residence (SFR), who recently enrolled in the Medical Assistant Program at Hunter Business School (HBS) where she will receive...
CHI has been awarded a new down payment Assistance / Rehab grant for $440,000 from NY State’s Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC) to continue its First-Time Homebuyer Grant Program. CHI’s Homeownership Department expects to provide approximately 10 to 15 grants...
Federal oversight to ensure full implementation of the 2009 Westchester County affordable housing consent decree is of paramount importance to ensuring that everything is done to battle against rampant housing segregation in the county; however, it appears that Skadden,...
Wells Fargo has stepped up to the plate to help CHI repair aging buildings whose grants expired after 20 years. The award will allow the agency to provide repairs or replacements in three of its buildings with ten apartments...
Community Housing Innovations holds monthly orientation sessions for first-time home buyers interested in our $25,000 down payment assistance and HUD-certified counseling. In the last three months, nearly 100 people have packed each of the free counseling seminars on Long Island...
CHI launched a new initiative in late June which assists its homeless clients in gaining independence, the Hand Up Fund. This fund, inspired by support from Charles Rutenberg Realty and The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation is a vehicle...