{
  "title": "Housing Connect lotteries, 2020-2026: NYC Daily TL;DR aggregates",
  "page": "https://nycdailytldr.com/nyc-housing-connect-lottery-guide/",
  "pulled_at": "2026-09-25",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "vy5i-a666",
      "name": "Advertised Lotteries on Housing Connect by Lottery",
      "url": "https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/vy5i-a666",
      "rows_updated_at": "2026-09-07"
    },
    {
      "id": "nibs-na6y",
      "name": "Advertised Lotteries on Housing Connect By Building",
      "url": "https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/nibs-na6y",
      "rows_updated_at": "2026-09-07"
    },
    {
      "id": "9nt8-h7nd",
      "name": "2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs)",
      "url": "https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/9nt8-h7nd",
      "rows_updated_at": "2026-05-28"
    }
  ],
  "notes": [
    "Counts are units advertised in lotteries that opened on Housing Connect, by lottery start date. They are not units leased, and they exclude mini-lotteries (re-rentals) and Mitchell-Lama waitlist lotteries, per HPD.",
    "AMI bands are HPD's: each unit is counted in the band its income limit falls in.",
    "Preference percentages are recorded for only some lotteries; shares below are among lotteries with a value."
  ],
  "all_time": {
    "first_start": "2020-07-30",
    "last_start": "2026-09-03",
    "lotteries": 1741,
    "units": 64340,
    "median_units_per_lottery": 12,
    "lotteries_10_units_or_fewer": 821,
    "lotteries_10_units_or_fewer_pct": 47.2,
    "lotteries_100_units_plus": 182,
    "lotteries_100_units_plus_pct": 10.5,
    "units_in_100_plus_lotteries_pct": 54.3,
    "ami": {
      "units_with_band": 64330,
      "bands": [
        {
          "band": "Extremely low (0-30% AMI)",
          "units": 2078,
          "share_pct": 3.2
        },
        {
          "band": "Very low (31-50% AMI)",
          "units": 11764,
          "share_pct": 18.3
        },
        {
          "band": "Low (51-80% AMI)",
          "units": 20229,
          "share_pct": 31.4
        },
        {
          "band": "Moderate (81-120% AMI)",
          "units": 5484,
          "share_pct": 8.5
        },
        {
          "band": "Middle (121-165% AMI)",
          "units": 24715,
          "share_pct": 38.4
        },
        {
          "band": "Above 165% AMI",
          "units": 60,
          "share_pct": 0.1
        }
      ],
      "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 53.0,
      "above_80_ami_pct": 47.0
    }
  },
  "window_24m": {
    "start_inclusive": "2024-09-01",
    "end_exclusive": "2026-09-01",
    "lotteries": 591,
    "units": 23820,
    "median_units_per_lottery": 16,
    "lotteries_10_units_or_fewer": 231,
    "lotteries_10_units_or_fewer_pct": 39.1,
    "lotteries_100_units_plus": 59,
    "lotteries_100_units_plus_pct": 10.0,
    "units_in_100_plus_lotteries_pct": 50.3,
    "ami": {
      "units_with_band": 23820,
      "bands": [
        {
          "band": "Extremely low (0-30% AMI)",
          "units": 614,
          "share_pct": 2.6
        },
        {
          "band": "Very low (31-50% AMI)",
          "units": 3878,
          "share_pct": 16.3
        },
        {
          "band": "Low (51-80% AMI)",
          "units": 8257,
          "share_pct": 34.7
        },
        {
          "band": "Moderate (81-120% AMI)",
          "units": 2128,
          "share_pct": 8.9
        },
        {
          "band": "Middle (121-165% AMI)",
          "units": 8883,
          "share_pct": 37.3
        },
        {
          "band": "Above 165% AMI",
          "units": 60,
          "share_pct": 0.3
        }
      ],
      "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 53.5,
      "above_80_ami_pct": 46.5
    },
    "bedrooms": {
      "units": 23820,
      "sizes": [
        {
          "size": "Studio",
          "units": 5136,
          "share_pct": 21.6
        },
        {
          "size": "1 bedroom",
          "units": 10532,
          "share_pct": 44.2
        },
        {
          "size": "2 bedrooms",
          "units": 7013,
          "share_pct": 29.4
        },
        {
          "size": "3 bedrooms",
          "units": 1076,
          "share_pct": 4.5
        },
        {
          "size": "4+ bedrooms",
          "units": 63,
          "share_pct": 0.3
        }
      ],
      "studio_or_1br_units": 15668,
      "studio_or_1br_pct": 65.8,
      "three_plus_bedroom_units": 1139,
      "three_plus_bedroom_pct": 4.8
    },
    "boroughs": [
      {
        "borough": "Brooklyn",
        "lotteries": 245,
        "units": 9312,
        "share_of_units_pct": 39.1,
        "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 47.0,
        "middle_121_165_ami_units": 4096,
        "share_of_middle_band_units_pct": 46.1
      },
      {
        "borough": "Queens",
        "lotteries": 111,
        "units": 5585,
        "share_of_units_pct": 23.4,
        "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 41.5,
        "middle_121_165_ami_units": 2776,
        "share_of_middle_band_units_pct": 31.3
      },
      {
        "borough": "Bronx",
        "lotteries": 157,
        "units": 4651,
        "share_of_units_pct": 19.5,
        "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 77.2,
        "middle_121_165_ami_units": 964,
        "share_of_middle_band_units_pct": 10.9
      },
      {
        "borough": "Manhattan",
        "lotteries": 75,
        "units": 4228,
        "share_of_units_pct": 17.7,
        "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 57.7,
        "middle_121_165_ami_units": 1027,
        "share_of_middle_band_units_pct": 11.6
      },
      {
        "borough": "Staten Island",
        "lotteries": 3,
        "units": 44,
        "share_of_units_pct": 0.2,
        "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 54.5,
        "middle_121_165_ami_units": 20,
        "share_of_middle_band_units_pct": 0.2
      }
    ],
    "top_neighborhoods": [
      {
        "nta2020": "BK0203",
        "neighborhood": "Fort Greene",
        "borough": "Brooklyn",
        "units": 1299,
        "lotteries": 15
      },
      {
        "nta2020": "BK0601",
        "neighborhood": "Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook",
        "borough": "Brooklyn",
        "units": 1162,
        "lotteries": 20
      },
      {
        "nta2020": "QN0201",
        "neighborhood": "Long Island City-Hunters Point",
        "borough": "Queens",
        "units": 1026,
        "lotteries": 10
      },
      {
        "nta2020": "MN1203",
        "neighborhood": "Inwood",
        "borough": "Manhattan",
        "units": 871,
        "lotteries": 5
      },
      {
        "nta2020": "QN0707",
        "neighborhood": "Flushing-Willets Point",
        "borough": "Queens",
        "units": 750,
        "lotteries": 2
      },
      {
        "nta2020": "BK0101",
        "neighborhood": "Greenpoint",
        "borough": "Brooklyn",
        "units": 653,
        "lotteries": 14
      },
      {
        "nta2020": "QN1201",
        "neighborhood": "Jamaica",
        "borough": "Queens",
        "units": 581,
        "lotteries": 12
      },
      {
        "nta2020": "MN0101",
        "neighborhood": "Financial District-Battery Park City",
        "borough": "Manhattan",
        "units": 548,
        "lotteries": 3
      },
      {
        "nta2020": "QN1401",
        "neighborhood": "Far Rockaway-Bayswater",
        "borough": "Queens",
        "units": 515,
        "lotteries": 5
      },
      {
        "nta2020": "BK0301",
        "neighborhood": "Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)",
        "borough": "Brooklyn",
        "units": 507,
        "lotteries": 17
      },
      {
        "nta2020": "QN0105",
        "neighborhood": "Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills",
        "borough": "Queens",
        "units": 497,
        "lotteries": 13
      },
      {
        "nta2020": "BK1602",
        "neighborhood": "Brownsville",
        "borough": "Brooklyn",
        "units": 477,
        "lotteries": 8
      }
    ],
    "rental_lotteries": 572,
    "senior_setaside_lotteries": 14
  },
  "by_year": [
    {
      "year": "2020",
      "lotteries": 109,
      "units": 2463,
      "median_units_per_lottery": 7,
      "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 41.1,
      "middle_121_165_ami_pct": 49.5,
      "first_start": "2020-07-30",
      "last_start": "2020-12-29"
    },
    {
      "year": "2021",
      "lotteries": 278,
      "units": 9611,
      "median_units_per_lottery": 7.0,
      "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 50.5,
      "middle_121_165_ami_pct": 37.4,
      "first_start": "2021-01-04",
      "last_start": "2021-12-30"
    },
    {
      "year": "2022",
      "lotteries": 262,
      "units": 9642,
      "median_units_per_lottery": 10.0,
      "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 51.3,
      "middle_121_165_ami_pct": 41.7,
      "first_start": "2022-01-03",
      "last_start": "2022-12-27"
    },
    {
      "year": "2023",
      "lotteries": 278,
      "units": 11033,
      "median_units_per_lottery": 13.0,
      "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 57.8,
      "middle_121_165_ami_pct": 35.6,
      "first_start": "2023-01-03",
      "last_start": "2023-12-29"
    },
    {
      "year": "2024",
      "lotteries": 325,
      "units": 12096,
      "median_units_per_lottery": 14,
      "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 49.6,
      "middle_121_165_ami_pct": 41.2,
      "first_start": "2024-01-03",
      "last_start": "2024-12-30"
    },
    {
      "year": "2025",
      "lotteries": 306,
      "units": 13681,
      "median_units_per_lottery": 16.0,
      "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 52.2,
      "middle_121_165_ami_pct": 39.4,
      "first_start": "2025-01-02",
      "last_start": "2025-12-31"
    },
    {
      "year": "2026",
      "lotteries": 183,
      "units": 5814,
      "median_units_per_lottery": 12,
      "at_or_below_80_ami_pct": 64.4,
      "middle_121_165_ami_pct": 27.5,
      "first_start": "2026-01-05",
      "last_start": "2026-09-03"
    }
  ],
  "preferences_all_time": {
    "_no_community_preference_recorded": {
      "lotteries": 1329,
      "lotteries_pct": 76.3,
      "units": 30415,
      "units_pct": 47.3,
      "median_units_per_lottery": 7
    },
    "Community district residents": {
      "lotteries_with_value": 412,
      "values": {
        "50%": 209,
        "20%": 201,
        "100%": 1,
        "40%": 1
      }
    },
    "Municipal employees and veterans": {
      "lotteries_with_value": 410,
      "values": {
        "5%": 343,
        "10%": 63,
        "2%": 2,
        "100%": 1,
        "6%": 1
      }
    },
    "Mobility disability": {
      "lotteries_with_value": 462,
      "values": {
        "5%": 453,
        "2%": 5,
        "100%": 1,
        "15%": 1,
        "10%": 1,
        "12%": 1
      }
    },
    "Vision or hearing disability": {
      "lotteries_with_value": 458,
      "values": {
        "2%": 449,
        "5%": 5,
        "8%": 2,
        "3%": 1,
        "100%": 1
      }
    },
    "NYCHA residents": {
      "lotteries_with_value": 16,
      "values": {
        "25%": 10,
        "33%": 3,
        "34%": 1,
        "50%": 1,
        "21%": 1
      }
    },
    "Seniors (62+)": {
      "lotteries_with_value": 66,
      "values": {
        "100%": 45,
        "90%": 2,
        "20%": 2,
        "70%": 2,
        "56%": 1,
        "2%": 1,
        "23%": 1,
        "3%": 1,
        "35%": 1,
        "95%": 1,
        "37%": 1,
        "17%": 1,
        "82%": 1,
        "65%": 1,
        "27%": 1,
        "19%": 1,
        "93%": 1,
        "66%": 1,
        "83%": 1
      }
    }
  },
  "community_preference_split": [
    {
      "period": "Opened before May 2024",
      "lotteries": 210,
      "values": {
        "50%": 208,
        "100%": 1,
        "40%": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "period": "Opened May 2024 or later",
      "lotteries": 202,
      "values": {
        "20%": 201,
        "50%": 1
      }
    }
  ],
  "municipal_preference_split": [
    {
      "period": "Opened before Nov 15, 2025",
      "lotteries": 347,
      "values": {
        "5%": 343,
        "2%": 2,
        "100%": 1,
        "6%": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "period": "Opened Nov 15, 2025 or later",
      "lotteries": 63,
      "values": {
        "10%": 63
      }
    }
  ],
  "building_rows": 2131
}