Ft. Greene LGBT Affordable Senior Housing Lottery Opens Next Week

FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — Affordable apartments in the city's first housing development for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender New Yorkers over 62 years old will finally be up for grabs starting next week.

The Ingersoll Senior Residences, which will become the largest LGBT senior housing complex in the country, will launch applications for 108 of its apartments int he affordable housing lottery starting next week. The St. Edwards Street building will offer 40 studio and 68 one-bedroom options with no minimum income requirement.

Seniors who qualify will pay no more than 30 percent of their yearly income for one of the units, which will go to those making up to $37,350 a year or two people who make up to $42,700 per year.

The affordable housing lottery is the latest step to prepare the Ingersoll Residences to open in the fall. The New York City Housing Authority, the agency that owns the land, and the nonprofit Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders started building the 145-unit complex back in 2017.

Along with its companion complex in the Bronx, Crotona Park, the building is the first subsidized housing units in New York City intended specifically for LGBT elders. Sign-up for affordable units in Crotona Park has not started yet.

Seniors who are 62 years old and within the income limit can apply for Ingersoll starting at 11 a.m. on May 29. Preference will be given to current NYCHA residents and those on the waitlist for NYCHA or Section 8 housing, SAGE said.

Applicants can sign up online or by visiting one of SAGE's center near you. Either way, they should use this form to prepare for questions on the application.

Once applications are submitted, SAGE will choose some applicants for interviews to determine their eligibility. They should put their address and email on the application so that they can be notified when they will be interviewed by an agent for the Property Management company. Find out more on SAGE's website.