How I won a $444 UWS studio in NYC's affordable housing lottery

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By Lcee |December 19, 2023 - 12:30PM
My NYC rental felt unsafe, but a squatter using the basement as a bathroom was the last straw

… school Lillian a pseudonym left student housing and moved into an apartment in Crown Heights with two friends While she … because we couldnt find anything else … 99 problems and human feces is one … I cant believe I lived there for 10 … because there was no mailbox to put them in  Our basement door did not have a proper lock on it People would break …

By Celia Young |August 7, 2023 - 1:30PM
I live in a five-floor NYC townhouse with a private elevator

… elevator in her fivefloor townhouse we had to get her story Turns out shes been renting a little over three years … newborn in hand much safer Editors Note Brick Undergrounds  Inside Stories  features firstperson accounts of dramatic … to and the outside door wont open up You feel a bit trapped inside It turned out to be an issue with the door lock on a …

By Mimi OConnor |June 27, 2023 - 12:30PM
How the 'real estate whisperer' won a 30-way bidding war and landed his dream house

… a sevenway bidding war for a Brooklyn condo When I got the news from our broker instead of feeling excitement or relief … of deals involving bidding wars was 489 percent and buyers paid an average premium of 5 percent more as a result … first rate hike and they didnt get any offers for weeks I could see it coming Our house wasnt presentable People were …

By Jennifer White Karp |January 18, 2023 - 9:30AM
The vegetable garden on my Brooklyn roof deck is my pride and joy. Here's how I created it

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By Emily Myers |September 29, 2022 - 1:30PM