MIDTOWN EAST, NY — Midtown East has 51 studio apartments with rents starting at $1,122 up for grabs as part of a new local housing lottery on Housing Connect.
The apartment building, located at 225 E 45th St. between Second and Third avenues, includes a landscaped outdoor terrace, a common area, in-unit high-speed broadband internet, and social services on site for residents, according to the Housing Connect listing.
But wait — what is Housing Connect?
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For the uninitiated, New York City Housing Connect is an online platform that lists residential buildings across the five boroughs currently accepting applications for apartments, with both leasing and purchasing opportunities.
The website, which launched in 2013, aims to provide New Yorkers with opportunities for affordable prices on apartments in new developments.
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However, there is a catch: Your total income and family size need to fit within a certain range to be eligible to apply to the housing lottery, and each lottery has different income restrictions, based on a measurement called Area Median Income, which you can calculate here.
The building, called Willow Tree Residences, is renting 51 studio apartments at $1,122 for people who make between $42,275 and $68,040 annually.
There's usually a certain number of units in each lottery set aside for people with disabilities, workers employed by the city, or people already based in the community board district where the building is located.
At Willow Tree Residences, 5 percent of the units are set aside for people with mobility disabilities, and 2 percent of the units are set aside for people with vision or hearing disabilities.
Also, 20 percent of the available units are set aside for people who live nearby in the Community Board 6 district. Another 10 percent of the units will give preference to applications from city employees and veterans.
Once users apply for an eligible unit, they are issued a log number, and then the numbers are chosen at random by an automated system, lottery-style. The lottery for this location is open until July 3.
To see all of the apartments in the lottery, click here.
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