IMPORTANT: No payment or fee should be given to anyone in connection with the preparation, filing or processing of an application for Public Housing.

To be considered for an apartment in a public housing development, a completed application must be submitted. Applications for public housing are available at any of the three Borough Applications Offices or you may call the Applications Offices to have an application mailed to you.

On the application, applicants are requested to select a first and second borough choice and provide information about their total household income, family composition and current living situation.

You May Be Eligible For An Apartment If:

• The income limits of your family does not exceed the established Income Limits.
  
• You meet NYCHA's definition of family. The term “family” as used by the New York City Housing Authority includes the following:
  1. Two or more persons related by blood, marriage, registered domestic partnership, adoption, guardianship or court awarded custody.
     
  2. Two or more unrelated persons living together as a cohesive household group in a sharing relationship.
  3. A single person.
     
• Your admission to a public housing development will not endanger the welfare and safety of other residents.
  
• You or your co-applicant is at least 18 years of age.

Staten Island Outreach Program
There are a limited number of apartments currently available in Staten Island. Contact the Housing Applications Office in your Borough for more information.

Completed applications are mailed to the following address:

NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY
Post Office Box 1342
Church Street Station
New York, NY 10008

Applications are assigned a priority code based upon the information provided, and placed on the Housing Authority’s preliminary waiting list for an eligibility interview.

Within 60 days of receipt of your application you will receive an acknowledgement letter.

Please note that borough choice is a significant factor in determining how soon an applicant will be scheduled for an interview. Therefore, it is important for applicants to select their first borough choice carefully.

The Authority has longer waiting lists and fewer vacancies in the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. Applicants selecting one of these boroughs as their first choice will probably take longer to be reached on the preliminary waiting list.

Read NYCHA's Fair Housing Non-Discrimination Policy.

Frequently asked questions:

NOTE: NYCHA will not accept applications printed from the web. You should pick up the applications from any of the five Borough Applications Offices or you may call the Applications Offices to have an application mailed to you.