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NYC Housing Connect

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and Housing Development Corporation (HDC) offer rental and homeownership opportunities to low- and moderate-income households through lotteries.

Through , you can learn how to apply for affordable housing, view current and upcoming housing lottery opportunities, and complete an application.

In order to apply online, you must create or sign-in to a NYC Housing Connect account. You can see the status of your applications on your Housing Connect Dashboard.

Through NYC Housing Connect platform available housing opportunities can be searched by:

• Borough/Neighborhood
• Household size
• Household income
• Minimum/Maximum Rent
• Nearby Subway lines
• Amenities
• Application deadline date

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Mitchell-Lama developments are City-sponsored housing for moderate- and middle-income households. Mitchell-Lama apartments are sold or rented through waiting lists kept by each development.

To learn more about Mitchell-Lama Housing, go to the Mitchell-Lama Housing page.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the ¾ÅÉ«ÉçÇø acquired many residential buildings that were abandoned by their landlords and were in financial distress. Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) rehabilitated some of these buildings and, over the years, gave the tenants the opportunity to own their apartments and become shareholders in limited-equity cooperatives organized as Housing Development Fund Corporation cooperatives (HDFC coops). 

More recently, the City has financed and provided tax exemptions for the new construction, rehabilitation, and stabilization of HDFC coops. Today, there are over 1,100 HDFC coops that make up a significant part of the fabric of New York City's affordable housing stock. 

HDFC coops benefit from reduced real estate taxes in exchange for following income and resale restrictions, among other governance restrictions.

For questions about HDFC coops, including compliance with Article XI or other regulatory restrictions, please email hdfccoop@hpd.nyc.gov.

A new pilot program will soon allow tenants in affordable housing to report on-time rental payments to major credit bureaus.

The program will help tenants to build up credit to assist with homeownership.

The free program is an effort by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), Housing Development Corporation (HDC), and rent reporting platform Esusu.

Eligible tenants in select HPD- and HDC-financed affordable housing developments will be able to opt in.

The pilot began in June 2025 and will run for 15 months.