On Dec. 17, Brookhaven Town supervisor Dan Panico (back row, third from right), Brookhaven Town councilman Michael Loguercio (front row, right); Peter Elkowitz of the Long Island Housing Partnership (back row, second from right); Dominic Martello, VP, NYS Homes and Community Renewal (front row, second from left); Michael Esposito, vice president of the NYS Mortgage Agency (front row, second from left); and Alison Karppi; Brookhaven Town commissioner of Housing and Community Development (back row, right) James Britz, EVP of the Long Island Housing Partnership (back row, left) were joined by Suffolk County executive Ed Romaine (back row, center) at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new Long Island Housing Partnership (LIHP) home at 861 Meade Avenue in Bellport. The new homeowner is Nancy Romero (front row, second from right).

The home is part of the Suffolk County 72H Transfer Program, a New York State law that allows Suffolk County to transfer parcels of land to municipalities for the construction or rehabilitation of affordable housing. The Long Island Housing Partnership (LIHP) has worked with Suffolk County, Brookhaven Town and other federal and state entities on the program. For more information about the LIHP, go to www.LIHP.org.