Mitchell Lama

Neighborhood Intel

Michael Blake wants to revamp how NYC determines eligibility for affordable housing

By Celia Young |March 24, 2025 - 4:00PM

Neighborhood Intel

Scott Stringer wants to build ‘Mitchell-Lama 2.0’ and buy up deteriorating NYC buildings for housing

By Celia Young |March 10, 2025 - 3:45PM

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Improve

I swapped the gas stove in my Mitchell-Lama co-op for an electric one, but what did I gain?

By Celia Young |November 20, 2024 - 11:30AM

Buy Affordable Housing

Can you leave your Mitchell Lama apartment to someone in your will?

By Emily Myers |February 13, 2023 - 9:30AM

Affordable Housing

Section 8 rent assistance vouchers: A guide for New Yorkers

… lifeline to New Yorkers who are struggling financially but Section 8 housing vouchers and the myriad programs that … in need are encouraged to apply for belowmarket rate apartments via NYCs housing lottery For those who are … participating in the program However NYCHA stopped accepting new applications for Section 8 back in 2009 …

By Emily Myers |April 13, 2022 - 12:30PM

Sell

My co-op board set an unreasonable minimum sales price for apartments. What can I do?

… board of a traditional coop is not allowed to set a minimum price for an apartment sale or for shares in the building … During the height of the pandemic New York City apartment prices dropped and although the market appears to be … proprietary lease and the bylawsbut setting up a minimum price or a floor below which a coop wont sell is not allowed …

Sponsored By Wagner, Berkow, and Brandt |June 22, 2021 - 12:30PM