It is often sold, with superior outfitting, at double to triple the price of the Nehemiah house.

It is more suitable for larger families than the Nehemiah house, which may be vulnerable to overcrowding.

The Nehemiah house is designed for a maximum of six people.

Some said the city should use its land and money to create rental units for people earning less than the families who buy the Nehemiah houses.

Today, 232 of the Nehemiah houses are finished and 372 are in construction.

After six years on the waiting list, he was finally able to buy a Nehemiah house on Snediker Avenue.

For a long time he didn't care for the idea of a Nehemiah house either.

They maintain that city housing officials are bent on building condominiums for more affluent buyers than those who tend to buy Nehemiah houses.

But East New York and the Nehemiah houses made her a believer again.

More than 2,000 Nehemiah houses have been built in New York.