Got selected for lottery affordable housing but don’t like the unit management selected for me (fit in, affordable apartments)
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I'm sympathetic to your plight. There may be more power in just taking what they gave you for now, though (especially if the unit is below what a market rate apt would rent for).
Also, I cannot confirm this (maybe someone else knows more?) but I have read that sometimes in affordable buildings, when certain units of different household sizes open up, they prefer giving them to tenants who already live in the building and were approved. That is, if a 2 bedroom opens up, they'd rather give it to 1 bedroom tenant (whose household is eligible for the two bedroom) because the approval process is faster for those who are already in an affordable unit. (If anyone one knows more about that, I'd be curious if that is true or how that might work.) So it may be best to just take what they give you now, because it may get you to the larger unit in the long run.
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Thank you for your input. The building is brand new we will be the first to occupy the building. But i was thinking the same thing maybe if i get inside the building when units become available hopefully i can move into one
If there are larger unit sizes (e.g., they have you in a two-bed but you also actually qualify for a three-bed), then you may be able to get on the waiting list for a larger unit while taking the smaller one. Some management companies will do that. There is no harm in asking.
Your other alternative is to reject the apartment and find work that pays enough to cover the rent on a place you consider adequate for your needs. The programs have made determinations about minimum apartment size overall and the minimum/maximum occupancy for each unit size that apply to everyone, and I honestly can't see that they're particularly unreasonable. If you find them to be so, that's of course your call, since you have to live there, but the idea that you're personally entitled to a bigger unit (if there even are any; I don't think they tend to vary that much, except maybe the accessible ones) than the one you got randomly assigned within your band and unit size is baffling to me.
Solution is simple; stop looking for others to carry you, and find that perfect *dream* apartment on your own dime.
You sound very foolish who’s money am
I using???? Just because it’s dont think for one second I’m not paying. For you information i pay my rent in fully with no assistance. So if you nothing positive to say get off the post.
You sound very foolish who’s money am
I using???? Just because it’s dont think for one second I’m not paying. For you information i pay my rent in fully with no assistance. So if you nothing positive to say get off the post.
Sorry but no; in case no one broke things down for you these "affordable" lottery apartments are subsidized by at least two sources; taxpayers (via whatever tax breaks given to developers), and or those in market rate apartments who must pay more to cover shortfall in rents from the "affordable" units. Did you think developers were giving away below market rate apartments out of the kindness of their hearts?
All multifamily housing comes with a certain cost per square foot. Rental or co-op/condo, it doesn't matter. If this number isn't met then problems will start sooner or later. If a certain percentage of units are being rented/sold at a discount, then that loss must be made up elsewhere.
Uh... Pinkunicorn, newsflash: affordable housing DOES mean you "get assistance." Who do you think pays for your affordable housing's ability to be subsidized? It doesn't come out of thin air.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with not making a lot of money or needing help to get by or survive in a city as expensive as NYC. Affordable housing is a blessing. But I am honestly disgusted at how entitled some people are.
You should be thanking GOD that you are even given the choice to BE in affordable housing. If you're upset that the apartment is too small, then work harder and get a bigger one.
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