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NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Apartment Seekers

Current Housing Lotteries

HPD does not rent apartments. We work with real estate professionals and community sponsors who market apartments. We require that subsidized apartments be rented through an Open Lottery System to ensure fair and equitable distribution of housing to eligible applicants.

Beginning Tuesday, June 5th, you will be able to fill out an online application and apply to two new affordable housing developments—one in East Harlem and one in Queens—as the pilot phase for the system begins.

NYC Housing Connect, developed jointly by HPD, the NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC), and the NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) will simplify the housing lottery system by allowing New Yorkers to fill out a single application and apply to multiple new housing lotteries using an automated online system accessible on the new website at www.nyc.gov/housingconnect.  

In order to participate in housing lotteries that are not apart of the NYC Housing Connect pilot phase, you will have to contact building managers, community sponsors and/or real estate professionals directly to fill out an application and enter it in an apartment lottery. There are no brokers' fees and no application fees.

If you would like to receive an e-mail when the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development has updated its web content concerning apartment and home listings for City-sponsored housing in the five boroughs, please register for this feature at www.nyc.gov/hpd

The full descriptions of the apartments listed below are available in .PDF format. To download these descriptions, you will need the latest copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader. This program can be downloaded for free from this link: "Acrobat and the Web."

FRAUD ALERT: DO NOT PAY ANY MONEY OR FEE AT ANY TIME TO ANYONE FOR AN APPLICATION TO ANY HPD SPONSORED HOUSING PROJECT. IF YOU SEE AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR AN HPD AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT IS NOT POSTED ON THIS WEB SITE REPORT IT TO 311 IMMEDIATELY.

Current Lottery List for Apartments 

Borough & Neighborhood Size of Apartment Units Available Annual Gross Income Application Deadline 
Brooklyn
Crown Heights1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
3 Bedroom
106

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July 15, 2013
East Flatbush1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
3 Bedroom
61

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July 12, 2013
Williamsburg Studio
1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
46View advertisement

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July 1, 2013
Coney Island Studio
1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
3 Bedroom
4 Bedroom
 View advertisement .
Bedford-Stuyvesant1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
3 Bedroom 
.View advertisement .
Bronx
Longwood Section2 Bedroom
3 Bedroom 
 View advertisement  
Morrisania Section2 Bedroom
View advertisement 
Longwood Section Studio
1 Bedroom
.View advertisement .
Manhattan
East Harlem Studio
1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
3 Bedroom 
172

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June 27,2013
Tribeca Section1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
3 Bedroom 
 View advertisement .
Clinton Section   Studio
1 Bedroom
10View advertisement .
 252 West 149th Street   Studio
1 Bedroom
11View advertisement  .
 Harlem2 Bedroom
 18 View advertisement .
Queens
Ocean VillageStudio
1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
3 Bedroom 
 View advertisement  .
Staten Island
Victory Boulevard1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
39View advertisement .

Interested applicants can also find out about open lotteries by calling 311 and asking for HPD’s Affordable Housing Hotline which is available in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Haitian Creole, Korean and Russian. The hotline can be also accessed by dialing directly the following numbers:

English, 212-863-5610

Spanish, 212-863-5620

Mandarin, 212-863-8924

Cantonese, 212-863-8925

Russian, 212-863-8936

Haitian Creole, 212-863-8939

Korean, 212-863-8979


HDC's Lists of Developments

The NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has several programs, each with different income requirements. You may be eligible for one or more programs, depending on your income and family size. Check the guidelines for each program first, and then consult the following lists of buildings that are organized by income levels. You should carefully read the income guidelines for all the programs to determine your eligibility, since you may fall within different categories for different programs.

In addition, remember that to apply for an apartment, you will have to contact the Managing Agent for each building to determine if they are accepting applications at this time. There is no central application office for these listings.

Low Income 
Middle Income
Mixed Income (Low- and Middle Income)

View a list of developments currently accepting applications.  


The Department for the Aging

The Department for the Aging (DFTA) provides a comprehensive on-line listing of senior housing operating within the five boroughs. The information can be viewed by borough or by entering a zip code for the desired area. Get the list by clicking here.





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