Government Briefs 09.20.18

Affordable Houses

A lottery for 15 affordable houses at Southampton Pointe will be held next month. 

Southampton Pointe is a condominium townhouse complex on Village Green Drive off County Road 39. The affordable units feature two bedrooms and one-and-a-half baths. The development also has market price condominiums, which cost between $845,000 and $975,000, and a clubhouse. 

Those eligible for affordable housing must meet median 2018-19 household income levels established by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. The sale price of a house for people earning 80 percent of the median income is $233,375 and for those earning 20 percent more than the median it is $350,125. 

Eighty percent of the median income is $93,350 for a family of four and $74,700 for a family of two, while 20 percent above the median income is $140,050 for a family of four or $112,050 for a family of two.

Applicants for affordable houses are to submit lottery intake applications to the Long Island Housing Partnership by Oct. 12 at 5 p.m., along with a $50 nonrefundable fee. Applications are available at lihp.org. 

The lottery will be held at Southampton Town Hall on Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. Applicants do not have to be there to be placed on a ranking list. After the list is complete, a formal application process for eligibility to purchase a house will begin.