NYC Mitchell-Lama

The Mitchell-Lama program provides affordable rental and cooperative homeownership opportunities to families with moderate and middle incomes. Important details • You have to apply to each development waiting list separately. • Apply to ones that fit your income, household size, and preferences. • Applicants may apply to open waiting lists. Closed waiting lists do not accept new applicants. • Entering the lottery for an open waiting list puts you in a lottery for the waiting list, not the next available unit. • If your application is chosen from the lottery, you'll be added to a waitlist and notified when a unit becomes available. • It may take several years before a unit becomes available to people on a waiting list. • Veterans may be entitled to a preference for Mitchell-Lama developments with an open waiting list. • Mitchell-Lama housing lotteries are only one type of housing lottery. For other affordable housing opportunities, visit NYC Housing Connect . How to apply Online • Create an account on Mitchell-Lama Connect . • Signing up for NYC Mitchell-Lama Connect will provide email notifications when additional waiting list lotteries open. • Find developments with open wait list lotteries. • Apply for developments with open waitlists. There is a non-refundable $75 application fee. Additional Mitchell-Lama waiting lists are managed by NYS Homes and Community Renewal. See their list of developments for middle income families and seniors . By mail • Find developments with open wait list lotteries . Scroll down to "How to Apply". • Call a development to request a wait list application. • Complete and submit your wait list application by mail. How to get help • Visit HPD's Mitchell-Lama page for more information. • Email Mitchell-Lama@hpd.nyc.gov with questions. • Call HPD at 212-863-6500 with questions.