Long Island recently ended the veteran housing crisis that has plagued Nassau and Suffolk Counties for so many years. There was a real need to provide safe, affordable housing for veterans and their families. Housing complexes like the one S&D oversees at Mitchel Field were created to ensure there are no homeless veterans left behind on the streets of Long Island.
Local Initiatives to Provide Housing to Homeless Veterans
Homeless Veterans in America
According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, there were as many as fifty-thousand homeless veterans on the streets at any given time last year. That’s almost ten percent of the country’s entire homeless population.
Even though that number has been consistently decreasing over the years, veteran homelessness is still a huge problem in the United States. Luckily, in places like Long Island, lawmakers and people from the community are dedicated to initiatives designed to curb the epidemic and accommodate every last veteran.
Ending the Veteran Housing Crisis on Long Island
Housing initiatives have taken place county-wide to make sure that veterans have affordable, accommodating places to live with their families.
This summer, Long Island was jointly recognized by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) for its role in ending the homeless veteran outbreak in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Efforts in Nassau were spearheaded by County Executive Edward P. Mangano. His administration oversaw the construction of over sixty safe, affordable homes for veterans and their families.
For the first time, veterans could choose to live in one of the five two-bedroom townhouses in Hempstead or the sixty home housing complex at Mitchel Field in Garden City.
The Mitchel Homes
The Federal HOME Investment Partnership program awarded a $1.5 million grant to Nassau County and the New York Veterans Advocacy Group (NYVAG). The goal was to convert an empty commercial property into transitional living arrangements for veterans and what would become known as the Mitchel Homes.
The complex is comprised of forty-two two-family homes for veterans and eighteen single-family homes for active military, all arranged by the Navy Family Housing Office.
Plenty of units are also available to accommodate disabled or handicapped veterans or servicemen.
S&D Lends a Hand at the Mitchel Homes
When Nassau County was searching for the right personnel to work on this important project, they turned to S&D. S&D Real Estate was tasked with managing the properties in the military housing complex at Mitchel Field.
Throughout their entire history, S&D have been committed to servicing and accommodating veterans by providing them with a safe environment to live.
If you know a veteran or servicemen looking for a home, make sure you tell them to check out some of the great military housing complexes in Nassau County.
