How one New Yorker is trying to buy her affordable housing dream

… at least put my name down on the offchance I qualify and have the cash on hand for a down payment by the time my … chronicling the process here The idea being that readers can learn from my inevitable mistakes along the way And so … I pulled up the list of MitchellLamas that currently have open wait lists printed it out and started circling the …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 26, 2016 - 1:15PM
Can I keep my huge Mitchell Lama rental if the rest of my family moves out?

… procedure by which remaining family members can take over apartments explains Dean Roberts a coop and condo attorney … agencies notes Roberts citing the classic case of the 24yearold grandson who succeeds to a threebedroom apartment Lax succession rules are appropriate if …

By Virginia K. Smith |May 16, 2016 - 2:59PM
I finally got off the wait list for a Mitchell-Lama apartment, and now the building's going private. What can I do?

… than seven years on the waiting list I won an appeal for an apartment in a MitchellLama complex  However the building is now going private and …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 2, 2015 - 9:59AM
As transient renters move in, one Tribeca photog snaps portraits of her long-time neighbors

… us in on the difference between affordable and marketrate renters plus the benefits of staying in the same apartment … apartment … The apartments have as much variety in decor as do the tenants Some tenants have Minimalist decor and others … lion on it The tenant told me that shed bought it on eBay … How do the former MitchellLama tenants differ from the …

By Julie Inzanti |August 28, 2014 - 9:59AM