Mitchell Lama

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Neighborhood Intel
Michael Blake wants to revamp how NYC determines eligibility for affordable housing
By Celia Young |March 24, 2025 - 4:00PM
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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
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Buy Affordable Housing
Can you leave your Mitchell Lama apartment to someone in your will?
By Emily Myers |February 13, 2023 - 9:30AM
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Affordable Housing
Section 8 rent assistance vouchers: A guide for New Yorkers
By Emily Myers |April 13, 2022 - 12:30PM
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The Market
Hit the NYC jackpot: How to get an affordable Mitchell-Lama apartment to call your own

… MitchellLama experts and residents for their best advice on how to get one Heres our step by step guide … So what … to 1955 Thats when the city cleared sites in formerly rundown parts of town from Chelsea to the Upper East Side and … and family size In other words the number of people in your household has to match up with the bedroom count of the …

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