Comments on: Everything you need to know about affordable housing: applying, getting in, and staying put

By: John Malave

John Malave — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 18:19:00 +0000

“Lottery pending” means that they are calculating the log numbers. Atleast thats what i think. “Because mine said “pending lottery” with no log number. Now it shows “tenate selection in progress” an i now have a log number.

By: strokes

strokes — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:28:00 +0000

did you figure out?

By: 1bestdog

1bestdog — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 22:49:00 +0000

Normandie Court residents are having their rents raised to market as we speak.

By: 1bestdog

1bestdog — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 22:47:00 +0000

“Another important fact to note: “a lot of affordable rent seekers think they’ll end up in the less desirable units—when in truth, affordable housing units are required to be evenly distributed throughout the entire building.”” I live in one. The subsidized units are not as nice nr are they maintained. And we are all getting our rent raised to market as we near the end of the deal.

By: Tree

Tree — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 08:57:00 +0000

The mayor needs to revise this. There are too many rules to get in and too many unanswered questions i.e. pending, tenant selection in progress????? Then you have a short window to respond or you miss the interview. Suppose someone is homeless, how do they get a chance when these lotteries require everything short of a DNA sample to get in. They want perfect tenants in an imperfect world, and a lot of this stuff seems unconstitutional. Why are applicants being asked to show copies of leases of people who they are temporarily living with? This system has become ridiculous. There was an article that said that most of these units are being rented to young professionals. Who is monitoring the selection process? Are people of color, the elderly or the disabled being chosen for all neighborhoods or are they being moved further out? Here’s a solution – Just build more buildings so that people can have a cleaner and more affordable place to live. Put the slum landlords out of business, clean up the ghettoes that the racists created, lower these massive rents, and give the working class citizens a chance to live a decent life for themselves and their families. We were on our way until “greed” took over and laws were passed to price people out of neighborhoods they were living in for years. Add landlords who harrassed people until they left so that they could raise their rent plus a slow court system and here we are. I wish that phony leaders would find another job. This is what the people in New York should be marching for, but people always think things are other people’s problems until one day they wake up and it ends up in their backyard.

By: Gloria Green

Gloria Green — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 11:02:00 +0000

That’s my question as well as I’ve submitted several applications.

By: Das Hh

Das Hh — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 19:46:00 +0000

Fishy. Didn’t think so at first, but I began applying through snail mail.. or tried to. I’ve only received two applications to fill out. One I sent out, the other was never even sealed by the office people it seems. I received it wide open. The rest of the applications I asked for are not here and the deadlines are going to pass. Seems this is how they are getting who they want in also. If they mail it to you two days before, of course your application will be late. Have people gotten in? I’m sure. But corruption is everywhere.

By: Picuco09

Picuco09 — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 23:44:00 +0000

I’d like to know this as well!

By: Willow

Willow — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:27:00 +0000

what happens if you you win the lease in two lotteries?

The First one is approved …. you sign the lease.

Then you get approved for the second one and it is better for you because it is closer to work and family; overall a better fit. Can you choose to break the first lease and move into the 2nd one?

By: Quanisha S. Mayweather

Quanisha S. Mayweather — Sun, 14 May 2017 21:09:00 +0000

I’d like to know this as well because mines says the same