North Amityville home being rented by church without permit could soon be sold

A North Amityville dwelling that is currently being rented with out a permit could soon be marketed.

The home on Sunshine Lane is owned by Bethel AME Church in Copiague. Zillow estimates the house to be well worth all around $400,000 now.

The residence was transferred to the church for $1 in 2017.

Neighbors want to know what the church will do with the gains from the sale.

“What are they likely to do with the cash?…Is it going to be set into some charity organization? What is the church undertaking?” stated Dianne James, of North Amityville.

The colonial household is aspect of a historic Black local community known as the Jefferson Estates.

About the phone, the pastor stated he may retain renting the home or provide it. He would not say just about anything else.

Some inhabitants say they do not brain if the home is rented out, particularly if it is really serving to a household in have to have. They want the church’s rental permit to be accepted.

News 12 achieved out to Town Supervisor Wealthy Schaffer but has not read again. Information 12 interviewed him in April and at the time, he stated the city prefers delinquent properties to go to housing nonprofits like the church fairly than staying auctioned off and possibly making a hard cash cow for landlords.