• Market rate rentals are available in a variety of forms---garden apartments, luxury apartment complexes, two family homes and accessory apartments.
• To search for these apartments you can try the following:
  • Newsday's Friday edition contains real estate listings
  • Some large apartment companies have their own websites, including Home Properties, Avalon, Fairfield Properties and Heatherwood with information on their communities on Long Island.
• The Suffolk County Planning Department has compiled a list of apartment communities in Suffolk County. Click here to view the list.

There are many rental units available throughout Suffolk County for people 55 and older. These age restricted communities have a variety of amenities and are available at a wide range of monthly rents.

For a complete listing compiled by the Suffolk County Department of Planning of all senior housing communities click here. Please note, this list also contains information on co-ops & condo types of housing.

Certain senior communities are income restricted and provide affordable rental apartments. Catholic Charities operates nine such properties throughout Suffolk County, available to income eligible seniors 62 years and older. Housing applications must be submitted for each facility; applications are available through:

Subsidized rental opportunities are available throughout Suffolk County, though in general demand far exceeds supply.  

Section 8 housing assistance provides rental subsidies to eligible applicants. You can apply for Section 8 rental assistance only when a Section 8 list is "open" and accepting new applicants. The following organizations maintain Section 8 lists. We will attempt to provide information on which lists are open at any particular point but urge you to check with each agency directly:

Community Development Corporation of Long Island
2100 Middle Country Road, Suite 300
Centereach, NY 11720-3576
Phone (631) 471-1215
Fax (631) 471-1210
www.cdcli.org

The Community Development Corporation operates several programs that provide assistance to renters:

• Housing Choice Voucher Programs - CDC manages the distribution of over $34 million in annual rent subsidies for Suffolk County residents. CDC assists eligible families to rent decent, safe, and sanitary housing from the private rental housing market. Currently the waiting list for this program is closed.
• Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons With Disabilities - The Mainstream Program makes Housing Choice Vouchers available to eligible disabled individuals/families regardless of their type of disability. The waiting list for this program is currently closed.
• Family Self Sufficiency Program (FSS) - The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program assists individuals and families who are receiving Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance to secure the resources they need to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Case managers meet regularly with participants, helping them to establish goals. Families are provided with resources including: scholarships to colleges and training programs, budgeting, job training, childcare, health services, and counseling.
• Family Unification Program (FUP) - Families who need affordable safe housing and are in danger of losing their children to foster care or families seeking to be reunited with their children are referred by the Suffolk County Department of Social Services to CDC of Long Island for a Housing Choice Voucher that has been specifically set aside to solve this pressing housing need.