7 Affordable NYC Housing Lotteries, With Rents Starting At $556, Expire This Week

NEW YORK CITY — Seven affordable housing lotteries on New York City Housing Connect expire this week, including six 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 before the end of the week.

Society Brooklyn at Sackett

Address: 504 Sackett St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Number of affordable units: 45
Rent starts at: $874
Eligible incomes range: $35,589 - $200,900
Amenities: The pet-friendly building includes bike storage, children's playrooms, high-end appliances and finishes, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a co-working and social lounge, a versatile recreation room, and a heated pool.
Deadline to apply: June 9
Link to apply: here.

DeKalb Commons

Address: 639 DeKalb Avenue, 652 DeKalb Avenue and 1187 Fulton Street in Brooklyn.
Number of affordable units: 71
Rent starts at: $556
Eligible incomes range: $22,869 - $160,720
Amenities: The buildings include a shared community room, free building-wide wifi, bicycle storage, and an outdoor sitting area.
Deadline to apply: June 9
Link to apply: here.

Atlantic BK

Address: 1057 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11238
Number of affordable units: 138
Rent starts at: $1,491
Eligible incomes range: $55,475 - $241,080
Amenities: The residences feature high-end finishes, spacious layouts, as well as bike storage, a gym, a business center, a party room, a children's play room, a yoga studio, a rooftop terrace, and more.
Deadline to apply: June 9
Link to apply: here.

217 Eckford Street Apartments

Address: 217 Eckford St., Brooklyn, NY 11222
Number of affordable units: 5
Rent starts at: $3,423
Eligible incomes range: $122,229 - $189,540
Amenities: These units include dishwashers, private patios, high-end countertops and finishes, high-end kitchen appliances, storage, parking, a fitness center and an outdoor lounge. The building also has an elevator, as well as an accessible entrance.
Deadline to apply: June 10
Link to apply: here.

91 De Sales Place

Address: 91 De Sales Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11207
Number of affordable units: 2
Rent starts at: $2,713
Eligible incomes range: $93,018 - $140,000
Amenities: This pet-friendly apartment building includes a shared laundry room, high-end countertops and finishes, hardwood floors, air-conditioning and security cameras.
Deadline to apply: June 10
Link to apply: here.

Bushwick Alliance

Address: 63 Stockholm St., 332 Eldert St., and 272 Jefferson St. in Brooklyn
Number of affordable units: 19
Rent starts at: $994
Eligible incomes range: $38,435 - $140,000
Amenities: This pet-friendly building includes a shared laundry room, storage, an onsite resident manager and green space. All apartments come with high-end finishes and appliances.
Deadline to apply: June 11
Link to apply: here.

Eagle Loft Collection Phase 2

Address: 43-14 Queens St., Queens, NY 11101
Number of affordable units: 91
Rent starts at: $2,750
Eligible incomes range: $94,286 - $189,540
Amenities: This pet-friendly building includes a fitness center, library, rooftop with barbeque grills and cabanas, a game room with billiards, a party room available for rent, a rooftop pool, a spa area, a co-working lounge with outside garden, a whiskey den, a bowling alley, and an arcade room.
Deadline to apply: June 13
Link to apply: here.

Explore the Housing Connect website here.

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