Tanese Orr and her husband had lived in NYCHA apartments for over a decade when they found out they were eligible to buy a house via the NYC housing lottery.

A housing lottery has launched for a truly affordable under-construction seven-story development on the corner of East New ...

Still, NYC residents do get priority in the affordable housing lottery — although applicants don't need to be US citizens, Reynolds said. In the meantime, the housing lottery will still be one ...

The brand new complex offering affordable housing units is located at 250 East 83rd Street in the Upper East Side. There are ...

The apartments are aimed at households earning between 40 percent and 70 percent of Area Median Income, a truly affordable ...

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 68 apartments in a 100% affordable development that spans a block along Atlantic ...

(Photos by Molly Stromoski for NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development) “People think that we just won the lottery and we got it for free but that’s not true,” Orr said.

Intended for first-time homeowners, the lottery includes one- and two-bedroom co-op apartments in four new Bed Stuy buildings.

Orr's biggest piece of advice, having gone through this process with the NYC housing lottery, is to remember how vital your credit score is. "Even if you have the money, if your credit is not ...