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The Huntington Township Housing Coalition launched their new web site this week with a new URL: hthcny.org. The new site includes a statement of core beliefs, in addition to a listing of organizations that can help people find housing, a glossary of housing terms and news Read More …
The Huntington Township Housing Coalition has announced new officers for 2024. Roger Weaving has returned to the president’s job, swapping positions with Hunter Gross, who will return to the vice president’s role. Dick Koubek will remain the secretary, and Lourdes Pena has become treasurer. “We Read More …
One of the common rebuttals affordable housing advocates hear from people in Huntington Town Hall is “there’s no land to build on”. It’s patently not true, as recent events have shown. There is land available if you choose to see it. First off, there is Read More …
There’s a flyer in the mail this week from the so-called “Citizens for a Sustainable Huntington”. They are opposed to turning the Elks Lodge on Main Street into a C6 building with 14 apartments above stores. Their solution? The town should buy the Elks building Read More …
Roger Weaving, vice president of the Huntington Township Housing Coalition, writes that those who oppose housing should provide alternatives. Read More …
Dear Supervisor Smyth and members of the HuntingtonTown Board, The town board needs to vote on and approve the basement ADU legislation. At a time of unprecedented housing shortages, it is irresponsible not to take steps to provide safe housing for our citizens. Basement ADU’s Read More …
Kenneth A. Christensen, a former member of the Huntington Town Board who was active in housing, environmental and other community activities, died Friday. The Greenlawn resident was 84. He was the key figure behind the town’s accessory apartment law, several of his colleagues said, and Read More …
Roger Weaving has stepped down as president of the Huntington Township Housing Coalition, but he’s not going very far away. He has become vice president of the organization, while Hunter Gross, who in 2020,sought a Democratic nomination for the Huntington Town Board, has succeeded him. Read More …
We asked Roger Weaving, a member of the Affordable Housing Advisory Board, about what he’s reading. I listen to books on my way to a day job as a chemical importer in Great Neck. Lately I’ve been working my way through Preston & Child’s Special Read More …