Posted on June 28, 2020 by Rachel Holliday Smith, Ann Choi, Will Welch in THE CITY THE CITY, By Rachel Holliday Smith, Ann Choi, Will Welch The city’s housing agency this month upgraded its online application system to make seeking an affordable apartment easier — but the odds to get a lease remain worst for those with the least. A review by THE CITY of more than 18 million applications to the NYC Housing Connect system between January 2014 and March 2019 shows that for every one of the 21,382 new apartments built as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Housing New York plan, 314 eligible applications poured in. The lower the rent — and the lower the income of the household applying — the more people applied per apartment.
