25 Million Applications: The Scramble for N.Y.C. Affordable Housing

by | Jun 30, 2020

From New York Times:

“Entrants to the city’s housing lottery have waited years, through a tiresome and complex process. Now the system is getting an overhaul.

For more than five years, William Sencion did the same task over and over. He signed onto the New York City’s housing lottery site and applied for one of the city’s highly coveted, below-market apartments. Each time, he got the same response: silence.”


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