Long Island's newest affordable house is not being built but brought in by truck to Uniondale Avenue piece by piece.

"Housing is really crazy," said Juan Kelly, a prospective owner of the modular house.

Kelly says he's lived with relatives for the last 10 years, and entered a housing lottery for the chance to buy his first house, an affordable modular home.

Like many Long Islanders who dream of owning a home, buying is often out of reach, so they turn to housing lotteries.

Kelly beat out 125 applicants for this house.

"I'm looking forward to spending time with my daughters everyday, cooking and cleaning, so this is a wonderful opportunity for us," he said.

The Uniondale Community Land Trust, which owns the property, chose a modular house because they say it's cheaper and quicker to build, even with the cost of transportation from the factory in Pennsylvania.

This house will be sold for $275,000, less than half of what the average home on Long Island costs.

The land trust worked to secure grants to pay for the remaining price of the home.

"We help working class families to bridge the gap between what they can afford and the cost of a house," said Anestoria Shalkowski, president of the Uniondale Community Land Trust.

The two major sections of the house are being delivered this week, but it'll be a few months before the family can move in. There's still work to be done, like putting on a roof.

This is not the first modular home brought to Long Island for affordable housing, but with the prices of construction materials on the rise, more agencies are looking to modular homes to keep costs down.

"Hopefully, it can be expanded to other areas and other people also get the opportunity to get an affordable house," said Kelly.

The Uniondale Community Land Trust hopes to provide more affordable homes to people in the future.