Rents Start at $949​ In These 6 Affordable NYC Housing Lotteries

NEW YORK CITY — Four affordable housing lotteries on New York City Housing Connect expire in the next week, including two in Manhattan, three in Brooklyn and one in Queens.

But wait — what is Housing Connect?

For the uninitiated, New York City Housing Connect is an online platform that aims to provide New Yorkers with opportunities for affordable prices on apartments in new developments.

The website, which launched in 2013 after years as a mail-based program, lists residential buildings across the five boroughs currently accepting applications for apartments, with both leasing and purchasing opportunities.

However, there is a catch: Your total income and family size need to fit within a certain range to be eligible to apply to the housing lottery, and each lottery has different income restrictions, based on a measurement called Area Median Income, which you can calculate here.

Oftentimes, real estate developers will set aside a certain number of affordable units in their blueprints to secure support and approval from city officials and community boards.

The NYC Department of Housing and Preservation, which runs NYC Housing Connect, considers affordable housing to be apartments that cost one-third or less of what the people living there make in income.

Also, there's usually a certain number of units in each lottery set aside for people with disabilities, workers employed by the city, or people already based in the community board district where the building is located.

Once users apply for an eligible unit, they are issued a log number, and then the numbers are chosen at random by an automated system, lottery-style.

Here are all the housing lotteries expiring in the next week.

205 Cabrini Boulevard Apartments

• Address: 205 Cabrini Blvd, New York, NY 10033
• Rent starts at: $3,595
• Eligible incomes range: $131,760 - $227,500
• Number of units: 7
• Deadline to apply: Oct. 20
• Link to apply: here.

2183 3rd Avenue Apartments

• Address: 2183 3RD AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10035
• Rent starts at: $1,514
• Eligible incomes range: $58,629 - $105,000
• Number of units: 2
• Deadline to apply: Oct. 20
• Link to apply: here.

134 Erasmus Street Apartments

• Address: 134 Erasmus St, Brooklyn, NY 11226
• Rent starts at: $2,500
• Eligible incomes range: $95,109 - $227,500
• Number of units: 9
• Deadline to apply: Oct. 21
• Link to apply: here.

25-13 23rd Street Apartments

• Address: 25-13 23 STREET, ASTORIA, NY 11102
• Rent starts at: $2,600
• Eligible incomes range: $94,012 - $189,540
• Number of units: 4
• Deadline to apply: Oct. 21
• Link to apply: here.

540 Atlantic Avenue Apartments

• Address: 538 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
• Rent starts at: $3,405
• Eligible incomes range: $122,400 - $227,500
• Number of units: 48
• Deadline to apply: Oct. 21
• Link to apply: here.

330 Melrose Street Apartments

• Address: 330 Melrose Street, Brooklyn, New York 11237
• Rent starts at: $949
• Eligible incomes range: $37,406 - $129,600
• Number of units: 14
• Deadline to apply: Oct. 24
• Link to apply: here.