Housing authorities operated by the Town of North Hempstead and Village of Great Neck will receive less funding this year than last from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
North Hempstead will receive $157,241 in 2015, a $2,091 drop from last year, while Great Neck’s $62,574 is $831 less than it received in 2014, according to the agency.
While New York received more than $356 million from the housing department, roughly $4.5 million went to 11 public housing authorities on Long Island.
Efforts to reach Great Neck and North Hempstead housing authority officials were unavailing.
Karen Brand, who chairs the Great Neck Housing Authority, told Newsday Monday that the board is “dependent on government funding” but said she expects further decline in the coming years.
North Hempstead officials told Newsday in a statement that despite federal housing dollars declining in the last several years “our commitment to provide affordable quality housing to our residents in the town has not wavered.”
New York senators Charles Schumer and Gillibrand lauded the housing department’s funds to the state, which are more than three times greater than the second most-funded state, Illinois, which had $115,854,322.
“All New Yorkers should have a place to live that is safe and affordable,” Gillibrand said in a statement. “This critical funding will help ensure Long Island families and seniors have access to safe affordable housing options and that the community’s needs are met.”
