Affordable Housing Committee gets development road map
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Having identified two sites for affordable housing — one on the site of the former Highway Department barn on South Ferry Road and the other on Manwaring Road — the Community Housing Committee on Feb. 11 got a major shot in the arm from arguably the most knowledgeable housing expert on Long Island, Diana Weir.
Ms. Weir, currently Southampton’s Director of Housing and Community Development, has served a long tenure with Long Island Housing Partnership and for 30 years has been involved with housing issues.
Responding to an invitation from Shelter Island’s Community Housing Committee Chairman Mike Bebon, she not only spent two hours explaining how municipalities have launched efforts toward providing affordable housing, but promised to assist the committee in an ongoing role, providing guidance and materials to help the town move its program forward.