They are six times more likely to have their number come up in a lottery as poor applicants - and many ultimately decide not to rent the apartment offered.
For them, 650 applications came in for every available apartment from people who qualified based on household size and income.įor the apartments with the highest income limits - between $122,880 and $168,960 a year for a family of three in 2020 - the competition was the least, with 123 eligible applicants for every one apartment. Of the five income categories within the lottery system, households like Cardona’s that are classified as “extremely low-income” - currently defined as earning up to $30,720 for a family of three - faced the most competition for apartments. “It’s frustrating,” said Grisel Cardona, a South Bronx mom of three who has applied to the lottery system more times than she can recall over the last decade. How an Edge for Neighborhood Residents Skews the Odds in NYC’s Housing Lotteries
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