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I remember someone saying they update the list every quarter so I don't think we will be getting an update until September. I did return to my original spot because it looks like the last person that put their application on hold has taken it off hold.
Hopefully we see some movement in the beginning of September.
They're suppose to update the waiting list every quarter but they don't in actuality it's irregular. essentially whenever they get a chance. i think like 2017 or 2018 they did it once that year.
Wow...that is very irregular. The uncertainty is driving me crazy!
It was fool’s gold for anyone tell 2019ers to expect to be called within the first year.
My advice is check the waiting list once a month. Keep your contact info up to date with the office. Live your life and do your financial planning. And post any questions here.
Wow...that is very irregular. The uncertainty is driving me crazy!
Best just assume it will be about a 3-4 year wait. If you get called sooner count yourself lucky. It's like a long con. You have a goal insight but you have to wait.
Wow...that is very irregular. The uncertainty is driving me crazy!
While you are waiting, if you like, you can delve into the 2014 Penn South lottery in great detail, getting some tips in the process. (Several of the co-operators who post here won their apartments in that lottery.) This is the master mega-list of housing lotteries, but the first 110 pages or more are devoted exclusively to Penn South.
You'll see that some people were called to view apartments with log numbers of 150 or higher! The big unknown, to me, is that how so many people ahead of you will either pass up apartments, not be reachable, not be thrown off the list, and not be on hold. But large numbers of people seem to be "skipped," for whatever reason.
While you are waiting, if you like, you can delve into the 2014 Penn South lottery in great detail, getting some tips in the process. (Several of the co-operators who post here won their apartments in that lottery.) This is the master mega-list of housing lotteries, but the first 110 pages or more are devoted exclusively to Penn South.
You'll see that some people were called to view apartments with log numbers of 150 or higher! The big unknown, to me, is that how so many people ahead of you will either pass up apartments, not be reachable, not be thrown off the list, and not be on hold. But large numbers of people seem to be "skipped," for whatever reason.
I was just on that thread today I also do not understand how there are still active people on the list from 1998. Maybe they are waiting for studios with balconies, but that seems like a long shot. A 20+ year wait seems excessive.
I know! It's crazy! Other people have suggested that the rules could have been different long ago. For instance, maybe back then you were able to reject a large number of apartments and still stay on the list? Or putting an application on hold maybe lasted longer than five years, the limit now. But the people on the list from way back are active, not on hold. If an applicant cannot be reached after multiple attempts, why can't that person be removed from the list?
I remember last year there was someone who posted here who said she had finally been called for a two-bedroom after spending more than 20 years on the list. I don't know how that could happen, when people who got on the 2014 list were getting called.
I moved 1 spot down again! Now I am down from where I originally started
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I also do not understand how there are still active people on the list from 1998. Maybe they are waiting for studios with balconies, but that seems like a long shot. A 20+ year wait seems excessive.
