A truly affordable housing lottery has opened for 36 apartments in a new 100 percent affordable development in Crown Heights, with units starting at $454 a month. Dubbed Weeksville Place, the new eight-story, 45-unit building has risen on a formerly vacant and overgrown lot.<\/p>\n
The lottery for the new development at 1559 Prospect Place includes 36 rent stabilized and income restricted studio, one-, and two-bedroom units for families earning 30 to 80 percent of the Area Median Income<\/a>. Income limits are set between $18,480 and $134,160 for households of one to five people, according to the listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 15 studio units start at $454 a month and go up to $654, the seven one-bedrooms start at $577 a month and top out at $1,676, and the 14 two-bedrooms range from $1,364 a month and to $1,999 a month. The building\u2019s remaining nine apartments not included in the lottery are supportive units for households referred through city agencies. <\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> Single Page<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 100 percent affordable building has units for seniors, low income renters, and households experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189114,"featured_media":538937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7677,7656],"tags":[34956,3556,34958,2597,31394,32323,26450,34957],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-538932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crown-heights","category-real-estate-market","tag-1559-prospect-place","tag-affordable-housing","tag-eskw-architects","tag-featured","tag-housing-lottery","tag-nyc-housing-connect","tag-senior-housing","tag-settlement-housing-fund"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Affordable Housing Lottery Opens in Crown Heights With Units From $454","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/real-estate-market\/affordable-housing-lottery-crown-heights-1559-prospect-place\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/real-estate-market\/affordable-housing-lottery-crown-heights-1559-prospect-place\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/weeksville-1559-prospect-place-Weeksville-Place-eskwarchitects-Rendering-1.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/weeksville-1559-prospect-place-Weeksville-Place-eskwarchitects-Rendering-1.png"},"articleSection":"Crown Heights","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Anna Bradley-Smith"}],"creator":["Anna Bradley-Smith"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Brownstoner","logo":""},"keywords":["1559 prospect place","affordable housing","eskw\/architects","featured","housing lottery","nyc housing connect","senior housing","settlement housing fund"],"dateCreated":"2024-10-22T13:00:00Z","datePublished":"2024-10-22T13:00:00Z","dateModified":"2024-10-22T13:00:00Z"},"rendered":"