SStay NYC

The NYC housing lottery just got simpler.

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We apply on autopilot to every NYC lottery you'd match.

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Household size
Annual income
Area
closes in 1d
Brooklyn · rent
105 Hawthorne Street Apartments
105 Hawthorne St
$2,022/mo
3 units
closes in 21d
Queens · rent
166-13 91st Avenue Apartments
166-11 91st Ave
$2,027 – $2,800/mo
9 units
closes in 36d
Manhattan
Park Towers HDFC
644 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
$101K – $156K
24 units
closes in 43d
Queens · rent
Astoria Cove Phase 1(A)
4-34 26th Ave
$2,126 – $3,600/mo
75 units
closes in 49d
Manhattan · rent
Aria Platt 7
7-13 Platt St
$1,819 – $4,484/mo
75 units
closes in 57d
Manhattan · rent
Las Raices Apartments
1761 Park Ave
$788 – $3,031/mo
65 units
open
Brooklyn · rent
645 Park Place Aka 711 Franklin Avenue Apartments
645 Park Pl
$1,929 – $4,349/mo
18 units
open
Manhattan
640 Riverside Drive HDFC
640 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
$185K – $296K
43 units
open
Manhattan · rent
West End Towers 110625 ML-P10H
75 W End Ave
$2,184/mo
1 unit
open
Manhattan · rent
2211 Third Avenue Apartments 102025 ML-3G
2211 3 AVENUE
$1,195/mo
1 unit
open
rent
ONE COLUMBUS PLACE LIHTC - #001001 111725 ML-N11B
$945/mo
1 unit
open
Brooklyn · rent
HELP Hinsdale C
314 Hinsdale St
$1,178 – $2,189/mo
30 units

About 400 affordable lotteries are open in NYC right now.
Most New Yorkers will apply to one or two.

01

Each lottery is its own form.

Housing Connect re-asks the same 30 questions for every single listing. A full day's work to apply to ten.

02

Deadlines are unforgiving.

Miss a close-out by an hour and you're out. Most people find out about lotteries too late to apply.

03

Eligibility math is a maze.

AMI bands, household size, income minimums, asset caps. It's solvable, but nobody's paying you to solve it.

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So we built the autopilot.

You fill out your info once. We apply to every lottery you qualify for, the second it opens, for as long as you want.

Four steps.
You only do the first one.

  1. 01

    Tell us about your household.

    Income, household size, preferences, documents. One form, once. We never sell or share your info.

  2. 02

    We watch every lottery.

    Stay NYC checks NYC Housing Connect every 15 minutes across the entire city and flags every match.

  3. 03

    We file for you.

    When a match opens, we submit your application — correctly, on time, with the right documents attached.

  4. 04

    You review invitations.

    When a building calls you in for a viewing, we hand off to you with a checklist of what to bring.

stay nyc · autopilotrunning
01 · your form
Household2 adults
Income$68,400 / yr
PreferredBrooklyn, Queens
AMI band50–80%
Bedrooms1–2

FAQ.

No. Stay NYC is an independent tool. We interact with NYC Housing Connect the same way an applicant would — by filling out its forms on your behalf. We can't skip the line, influence selection, or improve your odds beyond getting you in front of every lottery you qualify for.
We only file where you're actually eligible — AMI, household, occupancy, preferences all check out before we submit. Submitting to ones you don't qualify for would hurt you, not help.
Income, household, documents, and lottery history — encrypted, US-based, never sold, never used to train anything. You can export or delete everything in one click.
We hand off to you with a packet: who the landlord is, what to bring, where the building is, what the unit actually looks like, and typical next-step timing. You take the viewing; we take notes.
Yes. Add your voucher at setup and we'll only surface listings that accept it — and prioritize them in your queue.
$19/month, cancel anytime in one click. If you moved into a lottery unit because of us, we'll refund your last month. Call it a housewarming.
Honest answer: low per lottery, but cumulative odds are the game. A popular Manhattan building might get 80,000 applications for 80 units. A Bronx building at 40% AMI might get 3,000 for 60. The right strategy is volume — applying to every lottery you qualify for, consistently, over months. That's exactly what we automate.
No. NYC Housing Connect lotteries are open to US citizens, permanent residents, and many visa holders. Undocumented applicants may qualify for some listings under local programs. We flag eligibility per listing so you're never guessing.
Yes — you don't have to be homeless or housing-insecure to enter a lottery. Renters, homeowners, and people living with family all apply. If you win, you'd simply move.
AMI stands for Area Median Income — a federal benchmark updated annually for the NYC metro area. Listings are priced for households earning a percentage of it (e.g. '60% AMI'). We calculate your household's AMI bracket from your income and size, then only show you lotteries where you fall in the eligible band.
NYC Housing Connect requires government-issued ID, proof of income (pay stubs, tax returns, or benefit letters), and sometimes asset statements. We keep a secure checklist and alert you before any document expires so you're never caught scrambling.
Yes, and you should. There's no penalty for applying to many — lotteries are independent and you can only accept one unit. We handle the volume so you don't have to track it yourself.