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I won the housing lottery for an apartment in Clinton that I sumbited for for a year and a half ago. I got the notice informing me I was chosen back in July. I was sent an appointment date and a list of items to gather (long list).
I provided all the documentation they requested including tax returns, birth cert, utility bills, work/landlord ref, first born child, ect...
All docs were in good order and the person conducting the final interview said it might take an additional 2 months before i would be given the apartment as the info she gathered was to be sent to the property manager of the new building for review.
It has now been a little over two months since my final interview and i have not heard anything from anyone regarding the apartment.
Is this normal? will i get a letter of some sort? Can they decide not to choose me after all? if they don't choose me will they let me know?
they never gave me a phone number, only a letters with the address, time, and date of the appointment. (
Congrats Rose, I would drop by and ask. It sounds really important to you why not. I asked this question on another thread, maybe you know or could find out at some point during the process (after you take care of your own business of course). When people win the lottery and are accepted for an apartment, what happens if their income exceeds the apartment limits at some point?
Once the lease is signed, sealed and delivered, it does not matter if you income goes up after that.
There is one EXCEPTIOM, you cannot have additional income in the form of a roommate for 12 months after you sign your lease. If you do, they can take the apartment away from you. In other words, only the specific amount of people on the original application can live there, otherwise your apartment can be revoked.
ok, so i pulled all my info (since I'm stressing out) and the documents say that if i had been disqualified, i would've received a letter. now i feel a little better but i'm still worried that my info might've gotten lost in the shuffle.
I have not choice but to wait it out. If anyone has been through this process and can give me any words of wisdom i would appreciate it. thanks
update: For those of you that took the time to reply to my posts - Thank you!!! I got a letter in the mail yesterday December 11 stating that while my application was fully approved, they have no more apartments available and my name will be placed on a waiting list.
Needless to say I am very sad and dissapointed. I've waited for over 3 months since my interview and a year and a half since I applied.
I can't help but feel as though some of the posts i've read about there not really being any apartments is true. i will try not to be negative and wait and see what the future brings. maybe i will get a call....
Again, thank you all for your support and if i can help anyone in the future with my experience i will happy to do so. ask away!
Hi Rose, I just read what you wrote and I think I should ask you for help
1) I just received the letter saying my household met the guidelines for income eligibity. It has an interview date with a long list of things to bring.
Does this mean we won the housing lottery?
2) It's been a year since we applied. Our household has 4 people (3 adults and 1 child= My little sister, my parents and me) so our household income= 3 adults income. However, I've married to my boyfriend but not living together, and we are not planning to live together yet for financial concern. Because we were married, so we had to file tax return together. The reason I tell you all this is because I put my income to part of my parents' household income (because I am still living and will live with them if we won the housing lottery). But I didn't put my boyfriend/husband's name on the application.
So when we go to the interview, is my situation going to affect the income and the whole appliacation process?
Will they think we lied to them, because I filed tax return with someone who don't have a name on the application?
3) I've been lay off by the previous job when I did the application. Then I got a new job just this month with less hour and less income. When I re
Will they reject my application because of this?
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I know I got long questions. But please help! 1000 thanks!
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update: For those of you that took the time to reply to my posts - Thank you!!! I got a letter in the mail yesterday December 11 stating that while my application was fully approved, they have no more apartments available and my name will be placed on a waiting list.
Needless to say I am very sad and dissapointed. I've waited for over 3 months since my interview and a year and a half since I applied.
I can't help but feel as though some of the posts i've read about there not really being any apartments is true. i will try not to be negative and wait and see what the future brings. maybe i will get a call....
Again, thank you all for your support and if i can help anyone in the future with my experience i will happy to do so. ask away!
Yes, you won the lottery, BUT if at the time of your application you don't meet the income requirments then they can disqualify you. They can also disqualify you if they feel that you were not truthful on your application. The fact that you are married and filing taxes together is enough for someone to reasonably assume that you live together. if you explain that you live apart for financial reasons they might assume that there is something fraudulent going for the purposes of getting into a housing program OR marriage of convenience, both of which could be grounds for disqualification.
you're in a tight spot but with enough evidence and preparation you might be able to pull it off. If your and your husband indeed live apart then you can provide both sets of apartment lease's and utility bills in eachothers names so the person reviewing your file can see that you do infact live apart (lease, coned bills, cell phone, bank stmts, ect...)
Make sure you get every document that is requested of you on the letter your received. make copies of everything, organize it all, check it a few times, and when you submit it make sure you don't miss anything.
good luck.
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