NYC Housing Connect

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and Housing Development Corporation (HDC) offer rental and homeownership opportunities to low- and moderate-income households through lotteries.

HPD and HDC have launched a new version of NYC Housing Connect to make the affordable housing application process easier, and more accessible and user-friendly.

Through NYC Housing Connect, you can learn how to apply for affordable housing, view current and upcoming housing lottery opportunities, and complete an application.

In order to apply online, you must create or sign in to a NYC Housing Connect account.

NYC Housing Connect is transitioned to a new website during 2020.

• All new affordable housing opportunities will be available on the new NYC Housing Connect.
• The housing opportunities (lotteries) still open on the original Housing Connect will continue to accept applications until their deadlines.
• If you had an account on the original NYC Housing Connect, your applicant profile will not be carried over to the new website.  
• If you are interested in applying for a new affordable housing opportunity, you will have to register and complete your household information in the new NYC Housing Connect platform. Registering on the new site does not affect any applications that you have or will submit on the old site.

Searching for open lotteries at nyc.gov/housingconnect will direct you to the correct website to apply for each opportunity.

Through the new NYC Housing Connect platform available housing opportunities can be searched by:

• Borough/Neighborhood
• Household size
• Household income
• Minimum/Maximum Rent
• Nearby Subway lines
• Amenities
• Application deadline date

Online

Visit the NYC Housing Connect website to view and apply to housing lotteries.

By Phone

The Housing New York Plan is a 12 year plan to build or preserve 300,000 affordable apartments across all five boroughs of New York City.

Visit the Housing New York website to learn about the City's affordable housing plan.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the City of New York acquired many residential buildings that were abandoned by their landlords and were in financial distress. Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) rehabilitated some of these buildings and, over the years, gave the tenants the opportunity to own their apartments and become shareholders in limited-equity cooperatives organized as Housing Development Fund Corporation cooperatives (HDFC coops). 

More recently, the City has financed and provided tax exemptions for the new construction, rehabilitation, and stabilization of HDFC coops. Today, there are over 1,100 HDFC coops that make up a significant part of the fabric of New York City's affordable housing stock. 

HDFC coops benefit from reduced real estate taxes in exchange for following income and resale restrictions, among other governance restrictions.

Learn more about HDFC Cooperatives.

For questions about HDFC coops, including compliance with Article XI or other regulatory restrictions, please email hdfccoop@hpd.nyc.gov.