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Just some info: Sources numbered below. Also an FAQ. For affordable units, not market-rate units.


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How does the affordable housing lottery work?

Once applications are gathered, those that qualify are put in random order and given a log number. From there, the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development and its partners begin the selection process based on the order of the log numbers.

Although the randomized log number system is set up to assure fairness, there are some application preferences that exist, including persons with disabilities or impairments, residents who currently live in that building’s community board and municipal employees. Sometimes an individual building might have other preferences such as veterans or senior citizens.

What are the qualifications for the lottery?

Qualifications vary for each affordable housing lottery. For example, a lottery for apartments at 325 Kent Ave. in Williamsburg required that a single person applicant for a studio earned between $21,772 and $25,400 a year. Meanwhile, a single person applicant for a studio at Five Blue Slip in neighboring Greenpoint had to make between $13,955 and $19,050 a year. Each housing lottery’s qualifications can be found on the NYC Housing Connect website under the Housing List section.

1) FAQ: https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/lottery.html#faq
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