Rents Start at $784 In These 10 Affordable NYC Housing Lotteries — How To Apply

NEW YORK CITY — Ten affordable housing lotteries on New York City Housing Connect expire in the next week, including two in Manhattan, six in Brooklyn, and two in the Bronx.

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.

Bryant Avenue Apartments

Address: 1525 Bryant Avenue, Bronx, NY 10460
Rent starts at: $3,050
Eligible incomes range: $111,360 - $189,540
Number of units: 8
Deadline to apply: Oct. 6
Link to apply: here.

2795 Fulton Street Apartments

Address: 2795 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11207
Rent starts at: $1,099
Eligible incomes range: $51,018 - $160,720
Number of units: 13
Deadline to apply: Oct. 6
Link to apply: here.

1975 Madison Avenue Apartments

Address: 1975 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10035
Rent starts at: $3,300
Eligible incomes range: $106,286 - $227,500
Number of units: 30
Deadline to apply: Oct. 6
Link to apply: here.

600 Crown Street Apartments

Address: 600 Crown St, Brooklyn, NY 11213
Rent starts at: $3,000
Eligible incomes range: $111,360 - $227,500
Number of units: 30
Deadline to apply: Oct. 6
Link to apply: here.

Inwood Living

Address: 3880 9 AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10034
Rent starts at: $914
Eligible incomes range: $37,852 - $210,000
Number of units: 70
Deadline to apply: Oct. 6
Link to apply: here.

1584 Fulton Street Apartments

Address: 1584 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11213
Rent starts at: $2,600
Eligible incomes range: $94,663 - $227,500
Number of units: 11
Deadline to apply: Oct. 7
Link to apply: here.

417 Rutland Road Apartments

Address: 417 Rutland Road, Brooklyn, NY 11203
Rent starts at: $2,590
Eligible incomes range: $96,583 - $227,500
Number of units: 3
Deadline to apply: Oct. 8
Link to apply: here.

624 Metropolitan Avenue Apartments

Address: 624 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Rent starts at: $3,700
Eligible incomes range: $135,978 - $189,540
Number of units: 5
Deadline to apply: Oct. 8
Link to apply: here.

1840 Harrison Avenue Apartments

Address: 1840 Harrison Ave, Bronx, NY 10453
Rent starts at: $2,706
Eligible incomes range: $102,172 - $227,500
Number of units: 53
Deadline to apply: Oct. 10
Link to apply: here.

202 Tillary Street Apartments

Address: 202 Tillary St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Rent starts at: $784
Eligible incomes range: $32,538 - $174,960
Number of units: 120
Deadline to apply: Oct. 10
Link to apply: here.

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