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

… eligibility for affordable housing Local median income Currently income restrictions for affordable housing are based … including income data from upstate counties which inflates rents Blake also promised to eliminate credit scores for rental and buyer applications and said hed institute a tax …

By Celia Young |March 24, 2025 - 4:00PM
Section 8 rent assistance vouchers: A guide for New Yorkers

… your chances of getting into the voucher system are almost nil because funding at the federal level dried up in … new system funding for this program was not included in the most recent state budget Instead renters in need are … operated housing developments More than 400000 New Yorkers live in public housing across the five boroughs and you can …

By Emily Myers |April 13, 2022 - 12:30PM
Hit the NYC jackpot: How to get an affordable Mitchell-Lama apartment to call your own

… A onebedroom in Chelsea for $85000 In a neighborhood where … the bedroom count of the apartment no singletons taking up threebedroom units ​ and your income must be under a certain … Norris McLaughlin Marcus  who has spent much of the last three decades working with MitchellLama buildings​ Income …

By Leigh Kamping-Carder |March 15, 2018 - 3:00PM