Having trouble applying to NYC's affordable housing lottery? Housing Ambassadors can help

Applying to New York Citys affordable housing lottery  can seem overwhelming especially if youre in a …

By Emily Myers |May 12, 2022 - 1:30PM
Buy your rental building? A proposed law could help you and neighbors get first shot at being owners

… was for sale and you and your neighbors had first crack at buying it State lawmakers think many New Yorkers would jump at the chance … a homelessness crisis and a reason why the law needs to change  Tenants would have the right to be engaged first to …

By Emily Myers |April 28, 2022 - 10:00AM
Section 8 rent assistance vouchers: A guide for New Yorkers

… programs In addition at least 40 percent of NYC tenants are rentburdened spending more than 30 percent of their income on their rent Another 60000 people sleep in NYC shelters each night  … in need are encouraged to apply for belowmarket rate apartments via NYCs housing lottery   For those who are …

By Emily Myers |April 13, 2022 - 12:30PM
NY State budget has $25 billion for housing—here's where it will be spent

… Kathy Hochul says safe and affordable housing is the cornerstone of both her administration and the new budget includes … a right to a lease renewal unless there is good cause Heres where some of the $25 billion will be spent   … Emergency … to the buildings  … $350 million in capital improvements for NYCHA … The New York City Housing Authority …

By Emily Myers |April 12, 2022 - 10:30AM
16 affordable, eco-friendly houses planned for Southeast Queens

… Habitat Net Zero a project that aims to bring affordable ecofriendly homeownership to Southeast … represents the first new construction of affordable homes where the land will be transferred to the  Interboro … also recently completed a $50 million water infrastructure improvement project to prevent flooding and improve quality …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |March 15, 2022 - 1:30PM
Want to live in a rent-stabilized luxury building on the Williamsburg waterfront? Try the 266 Kent affordable housing lottery at One South First

… After a temporary pandemicinduced blip the New York City housing market has made a roaring comeback and rents are higher than ever So how can savvy renters get an … afford One of the best ways for renters to stretch their dollars is to tap the citys affordable housing lottery …

By Brick Underground |January 27, 2022 - 12:30PM
The landlord from hell, and why my friend still lives in his building

… tenants In short to paraphrase Dickens it was the best of apartments and the worst  all rolled into one The icing on the cake is that this apartment is rent stabilized Dorries rent has only slightly more than tripled over her 40plusyear …

By Mary Lowengard |December 28, 2021 - 10:30AM