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Habitat for Humanity

Business execs raise walls of Habitat for Humanity home for Vietnam veteran in Riverhead

by Jun 3, 2024
David Stanley, age 70, of Wading River, a U.S. Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam in 1974-1975, will own a home of his own for the first time, thanks to Habitat for Humanity of Long Island and the generosity of local businesses. Photo gallery.

Habitat for Humanity builds its first poured concrete home on Long Island in Riverhead

by Feb 5, 2024
A Habitat home undergoing construction at 18 Oak Drive is being built using insulated concrete forms, or ICF, a method that uses concrete poured between blocks of polystyrene foam for walls, rather than a wood form.