More Than 100 Harlem Apartments Offered Through Lotteries

HARLEM, NY — Lotteries for more than 100 below-market Harlem apartments are now accepting applications for prospective tenants earning what the city considers low- and middle-incomes.

Apartments offered at 310 W. 127th St. begin at $824 for studios and rise to $1,451 for three-bedrooms and apartments offered at 158 E. 126th St. begin at $1,023 for studios and get as expensive as $2,849 for two-bedrooms.

To be eligible for units at the West 127th Street development tenants must earn 60 percent of New York City's Area Median Income. The least a prospective tenant can earn is $30,755 per year and the most a tenant can earn is $84,600 per year. The city Department of Housing Preservation and Development considers 60 percent AMI — yearly earnings of $47,760 for an individual and $61,440 for a family of three — to be "low income."

Units at the West 127th Street development are considered supportive housing, which means social services will be offered on site. Supportive housing developments set aside units for formerly homeless people and families with special needs.

Developers are offering 45 total apartments — 20 studios, nine one-bedrooms, 13 two-bedrooms and three three-bedrooms — through the lottery. The developers are required to offer the below-market units as recipients of the city's Extremely Low- & Low-Income Affordability (ELLA) building subsidy.

Tenants must apply for the units before July 20.

Rents and income requirements are detailed in this chart:

Requirements at the East 126th Street development are more complicated because apartments are split into two income levels, 60 percent AMI and 130 percent AMI. Tenants are eligible for the 60 percent AMI units if they earn between $38,400 and $73,680 and tenants are eligible for the 130 percent AMI units if they earn between $70,423 and $159,640.

The East 126th Street development is offering 14 studios, 28 one-bedrooms and five two-bedrooms at 60 percent AMI and seven studios, 14 one-bedrooms and two two-bedrooms at 130 percent AMI.

Tenants must apply for the units before July 23.

Rents and income requirements are detailed in this chart:

Applications for New York City housing lotteries can be submitted through the city's housing connect website.