AIM was established in 1980 to help low-income homeowners obtain grants and loans to improve their living conditions.
She designed, and implemented a loan fund for low-income rural homeowners.
A committee reviews applications from elderly and low-income homeowners.
Fortress has invested in a firm that lent high-interest rate mortgages to low-income homeowners.
It is a community of mostly middle class to low-income homeowners.
Already, some $50 million to assist low-income homeowners has been distributed.
An additional $12 million in low-interest loans is available to all low-income homeowners.
Those Rebuilding Together aims to serve include: low-income homeowners; the elderly, the disabled; and families with children.
"There is a whole range of incentives for developers and low-income homeowners to fix up buildings rather than tear them down," she said.
The program is open to all low-income homeowners on Long Island.