![]() As a result, developers often make sure to qualify for incentive programs and build as little affordable housing as required, using the broadest definition of “affordable” allowed. Relying on incentives for private developers hasn’t worked because building affordable housing is not why they’re in business. However these, and similar, apartments were available: a three-bedroom with a rent of $3,580, requiring a family of four to earn $126,686 to $196,845 a studio for $2,490 that requires a single-person income of $85,372 to $108,680. For the senior citizens who come to our office-who typically earn less than $14,000 per year-there were no open lotteries at all. In early January, two-thirds of the open lotteries on Housing Connect required an income of at least $50,000. But the fundamental problem-a dearth of affordable housing, especially for very-low-income New Yorkers-remains. ![]() In 2020 the city relaunched Housing Connect, its affordable housing lottery portal, making it easier to navigate and better able to process the enormous number of applications, which crashed the website before.
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