A detached one-car garage behind a house in southeast Queens converted into a small dwelling, its former garage door opening infilled with an entry door and a window, at the end of a driveway.
Affordable New York

An ADU in NYC: What Does City of Yes Allow, and How Do You Build One?
A Manhattan avenue whose apartment buildings rise straight to a shared base height and then step back, their upper floors set behind a terrace line, in low golden light.
Affordable New York

The NYC Zoning Resolution: How Does It Work, and What Did City of Yes Change?
A new brick apartment building standing several floors above the prewar six-story buildings beside it on a wide Bronx boulevard, with a tower crane behind.
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What Is UAP Zoning? The NYC Universal Affordability Preference, Explained
A newly finished four-story building with apartments above a ground-floor shop on an empty Queens commercial avenue, among older two-story shopfronts, with an elevated subway line crossing behind it.
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What Is City of Yes? NYC Zoning Overhaul, Explained
Prewar walk-up apartment buildings in Washington Heights with fire escapes, a clipboard resting on a stoop railing under overcast light.
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What Is HPD? NYC’s Housing Agency: HPD Online, Violations, Registration and Housing Connect
A couple at a kitchen table in a Bronx apartment working on a housing application on a laptop, with rooftops and water towers outside the window.
Affordable New York

NYC Housing Connect: How Does It Work, How Do You Apply, and What Happens After?
A new eight-story mixed-income building on a Brooklyn avenue beside older three-story houses. Government Resource
Affordable New York

What Is Mandatory Inclusionary Housing? NYC’s MIH Program, Its Options, and What a Building Must Do
A new apartment building in the Bronx as its scaffolding comes down, crane in the background. Article
Annual Compliance, Affordable New York

What Is LIHTC? The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, and What Compliance Means for a New York Building
The new lobby of a Brooklyn apartment building on lease-up day, mailboxes and a leasing table in morning light. Government Resource
Affordable New York

The NYC Housing Lottery: How Does It Work, Who Qualifies, and How Does a Building Get One?
Government Resource
Affordable New York

NYC AMI Levels and Corresponding Rents
how-to-rent-the-130-ami-units-thumbnail Blog Post
Affordable New York, Newsworthy

How Do You Rent the 130% AMI Units?