NYC Housing Connect is your portal to find and apply for affordable rental and homeownership opportunities across the five boroughs of New York City.

Housing is considered affordable if it costs about one-third or less of what the people living there get in income.

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and Housing Development Corporation (HDC) create affordable housing opportunities for many household income levels and sizes. The buildings are privately owned. HPD and HDC have a monitoring and oversight role.

There are rental and homeownership opportunities. Rentals are regulated so the rent can’t go up too much over time. Condos, coops, and 1-4 family homes have restricted prices.

Through Housing Connect, you can find and apply for affordable rental and homeownership opportunities. To qualify, your household must meet the income and size requirements for a unit in the affordable development. Your household is all of the people who will live in the affordable unit.

There are two ways to access opportunities in Housing Connect. It is a good idea to do both:

1. Apply to developments with open lotteries.
   • These are new and recently renovated buildings.
2. Click “yes” that you wish to be considered for re-rentals/resales. This question is in the “Re-rentals and Resales” section.
   • These are individual affordable units that become available when someone moves out.