Lottery For 13 Hell's Kitchen Single Room Occupancy Units Opens

HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — A lottery for 13 newly-renovated single room occupancy apartments in Hell's Kitchen is now accepting applications. The apartments are located in Stardom Hall at 332 W. 51st St. between Eighth and Ninth avenues.

Prospective tenants can apply for one of the available units through the city's Housing Connect website as of Wednesday, August 23. All of the units are being offered at the same level of affordability — 60 percent of the Area Median Income — and will rent for $714 per month. All utilities are included in the rent, according to the Housing Connect website.

To be eligible for the single room occupancy units an individual must have an annual salary between $24,480 and $40,080.

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Here's a chart from Housing Connect that details the available units and levels of affordability:

Applications must be submitted by Sept. 13 and there will be no fee to apply. A mail-in application can also be submitted by sending a self-addressed letter to: Stardom Hall c/o Arete Management LLC, 42 W. 39th St., 14th Floor, New York, New York, 10018.

In October the city announced it would be revising the rules of affordable housing lotteries to protect low-income residents from being discriminated against. Applicants to affordable housing lotteries will no longer be subject to rejection based solely on poor credit scores or past disputes with landlords in housing court.

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