WILLIAMSBURG — Two upcoming bilingual housing workshops aim to help potential tenants navigate the complex affordable housing application process so they have a better shot of getting their foot in the door at the massive waterfront Domino Sugar Factory development.
The city's housing lottery is currently open for the first 104 subsidized studios, one and two-bedroom apartments at 425 Kent Ave., the first of roughly 700 affordable units that will be built by developer Two Trees, which will eventually include more than 2,200 mostly market rate apartments.
The first batch of subsidized apartments will be open to households with between one and four people who earn $21,772 and $54,360 annually.
Monthly rents range from $596 to $979.
The developers along with local nonprofits will host two workshops, one Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Clemente Senior Center at 60 Division Ave. and a second on Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m. at the Swinging Sixties Senior Center at 211 Ainslie St. both in Williamsburg.
In addition, local councilman Antonio Reynoso's office at 244 Union Ave. is offering drop-in hours for help on applications from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday afternoons through the end of January.
All applications are due by Jan. 30.
Residents who already live in Community Board 1, which includes Williamsburg and Greenpoint north of Flushing Avenue, will get preference on half of the units. In another another small percentage of apartments applicants who have physical, vision or hearing disabilities or municipal employees will get preference.
Here's a full breakdown of the apartments available and what income earners are eligible to apply.
