There's also an open lottery for three units at the under-construction 645 E. Ninth St., a 7-story residential building on Avenue B and Avenue C. (H/T PIX 11.)
Per the Housing Connect website:
The building consists of spacious and modern apartments built with meticulous attention to detail and quality. Two bedroom unit has 2 levels and stairs. Amenities include bike storage lockers, pet-friendly, shared laundry, dishwasher, outdoor areas, package lockers, and virtual doorman.
Now for the income eligibility:
• A one-bedroom unit with a monthly rent of $1,741 for incomes ranging from $59,692 to $88,970
• A one-bedroom unit with a monthly rent of $2,500 for incomes ranging from $85,715 to $165,230
• A two-bedroom unit with a monthly rent of $2,900 for incomes ranging from $99,429 to $198,250.
Find more details and apply online here.
The new building, developed by Center Development Corporation, sits on the site of a former residential parking lot on the block ... and across the street from La Plaza Cultural.
New York: where "affordable" housing still costs more than most people can afford!
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ReplyDeleteAre you on a waitlist for a Mitchell Lama development? Are you an NYC taxpayer? ask your elected officials if they support destroying the affordability of Mitchell Lamas, such as Village View here in our own neighborhood. City agencies are pushing for something called Article II to Article XI conversions that would raise the purchase price of an apartment by 4-5 times, placing it out of reach of a broad swathe of working New Yorkers, while providing a six-figure windfall to the outgoing resident. In doing so, it would discriminate on the basis of wealth and income, with a disparate impact on Black and Hispanic people, seniors, people living with disabilities and other protected groups.
legislation is needed to deny any Mitchell Lama development an extension of a shelter rent tax abatement if they choose to exit the Mitchell Lama program and become something more like an HDLC (profit motive instead of public good).
1 - Because it is contrary to public policy to use tax expenditures to make housing more expensive
2 - Because II to XI conversion violates the Mandate to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
3 - To protect decades of investment by taxpayers in a highly successful housing program
4 -To fulfill the promise made to those on Mitchell-Lama waiting lists for a chance at truly affordable housing
5 - To protect future residents’ access to the benefits of public investment.
I don’t know what the economic situation is, but that is not fair housing at all that is outrageous with the prices that is discrimination against people with disabilities and on a fixed income. Those prices are outrageous. You have to be a millionaire to pay those types of rent and they have that type of income. What in the hell are they thinking of? They give a bad name to affordable housing it’s disgusting.
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ReplyDeletePat, I think they did this at the West Village Houses! It's horrible and essentially allows for apartments to now go for market rates which is hilarious, the very rates the Mitchell Lama laws are supposed to protect.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pat. How do you know/stay on top of this kind of info? And who is pushing for it? The tenants...or government agencies/offices?
ReplyDeleteWow, what a load of BS. There's so little affordable housing, it's unconscionable to change the laws that currently keep apartments affordable and have a brimming waitlist. If indeed our council members can have any impact, here they are, for EVG readers:
Carlina Rivera office - Council District 2 -EastVillage and Uptown
District2@council.nyc.gov
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Chris Marte - Council District 1 Lower East Side...
District1@council.nyc.gov
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Keith Powers Council District 4 Stuytown/Peter Cooper and Uptown
Kpowers@council.nyc.gov
An EVer, thanks for the council ease of contact posting.
ReplyDeleteThis is the group ringing the alarm bells about this conversion strategy. Seems HPD wants to unload this entire sector of a successful social housing prototype just when the infrastructure of these 60 year old developments are all coming into a phase of needing an infusion of $$ for big maintenance and repair bills.
For more information:
COOPERATORS UNITED FOR MITCHELL-LAMA (CU4ML)website: WWW.CU4MLORG
P.O. Box 20803 Bklyn, NY 11202 SAVEML@CU4ML.ORG
So far the coordination efforts have been on cooperators living in the many MLs around the city but now seems the time to expand the reach to all concerned and affected stakeholders. This prototype of social housing needs to be replicated not eradicated!
I make about 78k, and a month of rent at this "affordable" building is MORE than one paycheck. Yes, I'm taking money out of my check for 401k. Affordable... like hell it is.
ReplyDeleteY’all don’t have to live in Manhattan, right?
ReplyDeleteThis situation is everywhere, not just Manhattan. However, NYC has programs like Mitchell-Lama that help a lot of people, so we must fight to keep that going, and expand it.
ReplyDeleteMy friend was priced out of NYC, so moved to another state that was supposedly cheaper. The only affordable place he could find to rent actually costs more than what he was paying here, and now he has the added expense of a car because there is no adequate public transportation system. We cannot afford to lose the lower/middle class like this.