Habitat for Humanity, part of Jimmy Carter’s legacy, still helping Long Islanders realize homeownership dreams.
Before the Velasquez family moved to a Habitat for Humanity home in Mastic Beach, they rented part of an illegally subdivided house in Copiague on Oak Street.
Drunks from the bar nearby drove into the front door. The ceiling sagged ominously and the air stank of the cigarettes smoked by the men who lived in eight single-occupancy rooms in the back of the house.
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