Revised July 26, 2010

Recommended:
(our listings in the office come from these two sites)

• Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), Municipal
  City-financed apartments.
  http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/apartment/lotteries.shtml
• NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC), Municipal
  Additional City-financed apartments. Includes many from HPD.
  http://www.nychdc.com/ApartmentSeekers/Applications.html

Others:

• Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Federal
  Section 8 voucher apartments, in any state in the US.
  http://www.hud.gov/apps/section8/index.cfm
• Disability.gov Housing Assistance Links, Federal
  Find supportive housing, vouchers, public housing options, and more, for persons with disabilities.
  http://www.disability.gov/housing/housing_assistance
• Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), State
  State-financed housing projects with open waiting lists, throughout the whole State.
  http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/ahd/default.asp
• NY Housing Search, State
  Housing throughout all of New York State.
  http://www.socialserve.com/tenant/index.html?state_id=4125&ch=NY
• NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA), Municipal
  Apartments that regularly accept Section 8 vouchers are listed in separate PDF files for each borough.
  http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/section8/avail_apts.shtml
  • NYCHA application and guide
    http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/assistance/
    app_for_pubhsg.shtml#application
  • Guía sobre vivienda pública
    http://www.nyc.gov/html/lg/html/spanish/housing.shtml
• Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), Municipal
  Buy an apartment in a co-op, or a Housing Development Fund Corporation (HDFC).
  http://www.uhab.coop/homeownership

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