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Alerts when a new housing lottery or re-rental opens in your borough
Affordable apartments in New York go to whoever applies first, or to whoever applies at all before the deadline. We watch NYC Housing Connect, HCR's HousingSearch (state lotteries and Mitchell-Lama waitlists) and the re-rental boards of every HPD-approved marketing agent, every 10 minutes. Every morning at 8 AM you get one email with what opened where you want to live. Re-rentals go first come, first served — with Find A Crib Plus you hear the minute each one opens instead (first month on us).
Create a Find A Crib account, or sign in, and your alerts go to the address on the account.
Create an account or sign inA confirmation is on its way. Quiet until something opens — then one email, with the link to apply. Never more than one a day.
You'll stop getting emails about new lotteries and re-rentals. You can sign up again any time.
No more borough alerts to this address. Sign up again whenever you like.
You'll keep getting your alerts for new lotteries and re-rentals in your boroughs — only the weekly round-up stops.
Your the-minute-it-opens alerts are unchanged.
What gets checked, and how often
- NYC Housing Connect — the city's lottery, through HPD's own public API. Every 10 minutes.
- HCR HousingSearch — state-supervised lotteries and Mitchell-Lama waitlists. Every hour.
- Marketing agents' re-rental boards — the pages where HPD's pre-qualified firms post vacated affordable units. Every 2 hours during the day, from 9am to 9pm.