HUD Attends LIHP Annual Luncheon

Left to right: Kevin Law, LIHP Chairman; Eric Schneiderman, NYS Attorney General; Peter Elkowitz, President/CEO, LIHP; Mirza Orriols, Acting HUD RA; Dr. Calvin Butts, SUNY Old Westbury President; and James Britz, Senior VP, LIHP

The Long Island Housing Partnership (LIHP) just held its Annual Luncheon at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, LI and attracted hundreds of Long Island's most important and influential business and civic leaders, housing advocates, developers, lenders and elected officials. Luncheon speakers included Kevin Law, LIHP Chairman; Eric Schneiderman, NYS Attorney General; Peter Elkowitz, President/CEO, LIHP; Mirza Orriols, Acting HUD RA; Dr. Calvin Butts, SUNY Old Westbury President; and James Britz, Senior VP, LIHP.

Mirza stated, "I was just in Long Island a few weeks ago at a fabulous ribbon cutting event for the construction of 40 new affordable housing units in Bayshore, sponsored by the Long Island Housing Partnership. The development, called Courtland Square, is so emblematic of where HUD is going as a Department and what affordable housing ought to be --- a platform for opportunity, a source of stability, a building block with which we forge neighborhoods, put down roots and build communities that are the engine of economic growth. So congratulations to Peter and his wonderful staff for keeping the Dream of Homeownership alive for so many Long Islanders and hard-working Americans."

The keynote speaker, NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, discussed the importance of the recent $25 billion housing settlement agreement among lenders, State attorneys general and the government, and how it a certain portion of the settlement monies will go to providing troubled homeowners with counseling and legal help so that they may remain in their homes. LIHP was created in 1988 to address the need for and to provide affordable housing opportunities on Long Island for people and families who are unable to afford homes, through development, technical assistance, mortgage counseling, homebuyer education and lending programs.

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