Low-Income Rentals at 25 Washington
$641 to $819 for a two-bedroom rental in Dumbo? Sounds too good to be true but it is! According to Dumbo NYC, 25 Washington is now accepting applications for its low-income rental units. As a part of the 80/20 Housing Program, 25 Washington will rent out 21 apartments to those with incomes 50 and 40…
$641 to $819 for a two-bedroom rental in Dumbo? Sounds too good to be true but it is! According to Dumbo NYC, 25 Washington is now accepting applications for its low-income rental units. As a part of the 80/20 Housing Program, 25 Washington will rent out 21 apartments to those with incomes 50 and 40 percent below the area medium income. Here is the application notice. Only the first 8,000 requests for an application will be honored–about a one-quarter of one percent chance!
People have really weird ideas about 20/80. I know a family who “got lucky” with a Manhattan hi-rise lottery. They are a really nice family with employed parents but a low-ish income that fit the criteria, two kids. Their apartment is like any other in the building and they are not treated any differently.
I wonder if these units are “set aside” in a separate “Those people…” wing/floor.
I don’t know if these units really are family friendly. A big pro would be access to Brooklyn Bridge Park once the work is done, and a few kid friendly stores and museums right up the block. A big con is that this place is a good walk to a subway or a supermarket.
Montrose is right by saying that Forgers and a couple of way overpriced delis are your only options on this block. So you may save money on rent but lose in every other regard, especially time to do the every day normal things.
Still, singles, artists, young up and comers send in a post card. You have to be in it to win it.
j huh: probably the Metropolitan Statistical Area
Why don’t you ask the families that get these apartments how they feel about it once they are in? some would be doubled up in Farragut, some in east new york in walk ups far from work, some just had a child. Ask them… i did affordable for 9 years, 1000 units these apts. are very much needed in nyc, Very Much this is how we get them
right now, among other programs
Rob, there are grocery stores, a couple of them. But they are all pretty pricy. You know, organic lettuce, hand massaged granola, individually cut and fried potato chips, etc. Plus ordinary stuff they just seem to mark up because they can.
“Area median income” of DUMBO or Brooklyn?
so there are no groceries available im dumbo? maybe you are right, i dont know.. dumbo is seriously the tribeca of brooklyn tho.
*rob*
I agree that 21 apartments in a high income neighborhood hardly solves the housing crisis, and is an unfair way for a developer in this neighborhood to take advantage of programs designed to produce viable affordable housing.
That said, as written right now, they adhered to the rules, and did what they said they would do, and now we have these 21 apartments. I doubt if they are as tricked out as the market rate units, or even as large, but the draw is certainly the location, not the granite countertops.
As for the “unfairness” of living there, either to the market rate tenants, or the 21 families/individuals who win the lottery – well, that’s life. The application has plenty of conditions to assure the most qualified are in the running, and it’s a lottery. Congratulations to the lucky winners. Besides, it’s a mixed blessing. No way they can afford to buy groceries in the area, so unless they have cars, that’s going to be a pain. It ain’t all roses.