The affordable housing lottery has launched for Chestnut Commons Apartments, a 14-story mixed-use building at 110 Dinsmore Place in East New York, Brooklyn. Designed by Dattner Architects and developed by Ismene Speliotis, the structure yields 275 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 219 units for residents at 20 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $9,875 to $118,400.
Chestnut Commons Apartments in East New York, Brooklyn via NYC Housing Connect
Amenities include 24-hour security, common area Wi-Fi, shared laundry room, bike storage room, community/recreation room, a rooftop garden, and a patio garden on the second floor. There is free secure broadband internet for all units. The Cypress Hills/ENY Community Center will be run by Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation and will have a focus on workforce development and education, urban agriculture, and healthy eating. Tenants are responsible for electricity.
Chestnut Commons Apartments in East New York, Brooklyn via NYC Housing Connect
At 20 percent of the AMI, there are 49 units with a monthly rent ranging from $202 to $372 for incomes ranging from $9,875 to $29,600. At 40 percent of the AMI, there are 60 units with a monthly rent ranging from $522 to $927 for incomes ranging from $20,846 to $59,200. At 50 percent of the AMI, there are 55 units with a monthly rent ranging from $683 to $1,205 for incomes ranging from $26,366 to $74,000. At 70 percent of the AMI, there are 28 units with a monthly rent ranging from $1,003 to $1,760 for incomes ranging from $37,338 to $103,600. At 80 percent of the AMI, there are 27 units with a monthly rent ranging from $1,163 to $2,037 for incomes ranging from $42,823 to $118,400.
Prospective renters must meet income and household size requirements to apply for these apartments. Applications must be postmarked or submitted online no later than April 4, 2022.
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I like this, so how do I get the website or email to apply, thank you?
I’m interested, how do I apply for the application?
Finally income based apartments that are truly affordable
I would like to apply for those That’s coming up I want to give you my name and address Jacqueline Davis. 12-50 35Th Ave Astoria New York 11106 apt 2G Those apartments that are coming up can you please send me an application or let me know where I can apply for one thank you very muchOne bedroom or two bedroom would like to know your prices
Of course the lowest price units are broom closets, but other than that…
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January 27, 2022 01:00 PM updated 23 hours ago
Op-ed: No housing lottery can work when the fundamental issue is a lack of affordable units
Luis Caridad
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One of the hardest things we do at GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side) is something we do nearly every day: informing someone in dire need of housing that there is little we can do to help.
There are precious few affordable units available in New York City, and most of them are far too expensive. The city’s focus on providing incentives to private developers to build affordable housing keeps coming up short, both in terms of quantity and affordability. It also comes at a significant cost, even beyond taxpayer dollars.
It’s time for the city to pivot to other approaches.
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In 2020 the city relaunched Housing Connect, its affordable housing lottery portal, making it easier to navigate and better able to process the enormous number of applications, which crashed the website before. But the fundamental problem—a dearth of affordable housing, especially for very-low-income New Yorkers—remains.
In early January, two-thirds of the open lotteries on Housing Connect required an income of at least $50,000. For the senior citizens who come to our office—who typically earn less than $14,000 per year—there were no open lotteries at all. There usually aren’t.
However these, and similar, apartments were available: a three-bedroom with a rent of $3,580, requiring a family of four to earn $126,686 to $196,845; a studio for $2,490 that requires a single-person income of $85,372 to $108,680.
Relying on incentives for private developers hasn’t worked because building affordable housing is not why they’re in business. As a result, developers often make sure to qualify for incentive programs and build as little affordable housing as required, using the broadest definition of “affordable” allowed. The few resulting units might not be “market rate,” but they’re often not affordable either.
What’s more, even when affordable units are accessible to low-income New Yorkers, they might come at a steep cost to their neighbors. The luxury buildings that contain the units often fuel further luxury development and encourage nearby landlords to increase rents in both legal and illegal ways, pushing long-term residents out in a process known as secondary displacement. In this way, affordable units can become Trojan horses for the vicious cycle of gentrification and displacement.
We know that pattern too well: When several years ago Extell built a luxury megatower in the Two Bridges area of the Lower East Side, a cycle of gentrification and displacement was set in motion.
The developers, who benefited from three city and state incentive programs, built the requisite affordable housing. However, the lowest annual income required to qualify was $34,355, even though the surrounding area’s median income was $21,457.
Recently, Extell described its tower as having “pioneered a new era of luxury on the Lower East Side waterfront.” Local residents wouldn’t disagree. There are four luxury megatowers planned for the neighborhood’s waterfront, right next to the Extell tower—which could spell the end of Two Bridges as a low- and moderate-income multiracial neighborhood.
Or not.
The city, through its zoning, decides what gets built. Community-led rezoning efforts—such as the one GOLES is co-leading in Two Bridges with local tenants, partner organizations and the community board—allow for responsible development while ensuring that local residents have an opportunity to access truly affordable housing.
The city should prioritize community-led rezonings and other strategies, including providing greater support to nonprofit developers and community land trusts. Doing so would help ensure that when a building goes up, new residents are welcomed alongside, not in place of, those who’ve called the neighborhood home for decades.
Luis Caridad is assistant director of GOLES, a neighborhood housing and preservation organization.
Affordable Housing great love it
It may be Affordable Housing but in a neighborhood that has many other issues Affordable Housing is never in the so called better
neighbors; Park Slope , Boerum Hill etc etc
The neighborhood that high lights
The best schools
Segregation anyway you look at it
Keep the people in their place
How can I get two applications for these apartments please give me the information on how to get applications who do I contact thanks for your concern regarding this matter 🙂.
Hi Good evening I’m interested in a application thank you so much my income is 31,000 This is exciting news for East New York Would really love to live here.
Before you apply you need to Google the address .there is nothing around there no stores and the area doest look safe.
Great news I’m interested
697B evergreen av Brooklyn NY 11207 apt6