Rents Start at $761 In These 9 Affordable NYC Housing Lotteries — How To Apply

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

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.

12 Rockwell Place & 625 Fulton Street Apartments

Address: 625 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 and 12 Rockwell Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Number of affordable units: 331
Rent starts at: $1,782
Eligible incomes range: $64,903 - $227,500
Deadline to apply: Sept. 15
Link to apply: here.

712 East 180th Street Apartments

Address: 712 East 180th Street, The Bronx, New York 10457
Number of affordable units: 12
Rent starts at: $2,335
Eligible incomes range: $83,863 - $227,500
Deadline to apply: Sept. 16
Link to apply: here.

554 West 46th Street Apartments

Address: 554 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036
Number of affordable units: 12
Rent starts at: $2,022
Eligible incomes range: $75,635 - $140,000
Deadline to apply: Sept. 16
Link to apply: here.

The Aedan

Address: 30-33 29th St, Queens, NY 11102
Number of affordable units: 7
Rent starts at: $2,152
Eligible incomes range: $81,669 - $140,000
Deadline to apply: Sept. 17
Link to apply: here.

1663 East New York Avenue Apartments

Address: 1663 E New York Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11212
Number of affordable units: 11
Rent starts at: $863
Eligible incomes range: $35,246 - $160,720
Deadline to apply: Sept. 17
Link to apply: here.

Verdant Fort Greene

Address: 240 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201
Number of affordable units: 139
Rent starts at: $2,990
Eligible incomes range: $107,383 - $227,500
Deadline to apply: Sept. 18
Link to apply: here.

2311 Grand Avenue Apartments

Address: 2311 Grand Ave, Bronx, NY 10468
Number of affordable units: 5
Rent starts at: $1,949
Eligible incomes range: $73,920 - $140,000
Deadline to apply: Sept. 18
Link to apply: here.

The Grant

Address: 78 W 170th St, Bronx, NY 10452
Number of affordable units: 12
Rent starts at: $761
Eligible incomes range: $35,486 - $189,540
Deadline to apply: Sept. 18
Link to apply: here.

694 Rutland Road Apartments

Address: 694 Rutland Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11203
Number of affordable units: 3
Rent starts at: $2,800
Eligible incomes range: $105,395 - $227,500
Deadline to apply: Sept. 18
Link to apply: here.

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