A social services nonprofit plans to use $2.7 million in state grant funding to renovate 18 homes in Suffolk County for formerly homeless residents.
The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance awarded the grant funding to Community Housing Innovations Inc., a nonprofit with White Plains and Patchogue offices, to upgrade the homes.
The funding comes from a pool of $6.1 million in grants from last year’s state budget, which the agency awarded on Friday to rehabilitate 56 homes in Albany, Niagara and Suffolk counties for families that have experienced homelessness, according to a news release from the assistance office.
“The combination of affordable housing and supportive services is the most effective tool we have in addressing chronic homelessness,” said agency Commissioner Barbara C. Guinn in a statement.
The agency declined to share additional details, including where the homes are located.
The properties were constructed between 1992 and 2002 with funds from the Homeless Housing and Assistance Program, which provides grants and loans to build or fix up housing for formerly homeless residents, according to the state.
The 18 homes will get new roofs, windows, kitchens, bathrooms and other fixes with the grant money, according to the news release.
The grants are part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan, first announced in 2022, to spend $25 billion over five years to create or preserve 100,000 affordable units across the state.