Mitchell-Lama Applicant Information

Automated Waiting List Apps

Mitchell-Lama Automated Waiting List System (AWL) Some text about the main app

Welcome to the Mitchell-Lama Automated Waiting List (AWL). This web-based system enables State-supervised housing companies to store and process applicant information more efficiently. The functions below  make the waiting lists at these developments available to the public while safeguarding the confidentiality of personal applicant information.

Frequently asked questions concerning the AWL are answered below. Specific questions about your application, or the marketing information displayed by these functions, should be directed to the development's management office. Please note that Mitchell-Lama developments are privately owned and managed.

Functions:

  • General Waiting List Report - This report provides basic marketing and contact information for the selected development and enables the user to generate transfer and admission waiting lists for each available apartment size showing the position, number and date of active applications.
  • Waiting List Position Query - This query provides basic marketing and contact information for the selected development and enables applicants to check their current waiting list position by entering their application number.
  • Update Contact Information - This link allows an active admission applicant to submit an online request to update their address and telephone number(s) on file with a housing company. The housing company has the right to accept or reject any changes submitted online.

Frequently Asked Questions for Mitchell-Lama Automated Waiting List (AWL) Public Access Functions

  1. The Mitchell-Lama development I applied to doesn't appear on the dropdown lists.

    Contact the development's management office to find out who the supervisory agency is. The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development also supervises Mitchell-Lamas, but only HCR supervised developments are on the AWL system. If HCR is the supervisory agency, it is also possible that the development is known by, and listed under, another name or is not on the AWL yet.

  2. The development I applied to is not on the AWL system yet. When can I expect this to happen?

    We expect that all HCR supervised Mitchell-Lama developments will eventually be on the AWL. Contact the development's management office to find out if they have a projected conversion date.

  3. I applied to a development on HCR's AWL system and received an application number, but I can't find the number on their waiting list.

    If you applied recently, your application might not have been entered into the system yet. If that's not the case, and you applied before the development was converted to the AWL, your application number would have been changed during the conversion. Another possibility is that your application may have been inactivated by the housing company. Please contact the development's management office for information.

  4. I'm further down on the waiting list than I was the last time I checked. Does this mean something is wrong?

    Not necessarily. Inactivated applicants can be reinstated by the housing company for good cause or as the result of an HCR appeal determination, and this can negatively affect your position on the waiting list. In addition, at developments with open waiting lists, changes in the family composition of applicants who applied before you did can negatively affect your position.

  5. I know there has been some turnover of apartments at the development I applied to for admission, but my position on the waiting list hasn't changed.

    HCR Mitchell-Lama developments give preference to transfer applicants for three out of every four apartments of each size that become available. Consequently, admission waiting lists do not move as quickly as transfer waiting lists do.

  6. Is it still necessary to submit address and telephone number changes to a housing development in writing?

    Mitchell-Lama applicants are required to inform the housing development of any change in address or family composition within 30 days of such occurrence. Admissions applicants can now submit address and telephone number updates using the Update Contact Information form. Transfer applicants must still submit these changes in writing. Changes in family composition for both admission and transfer applications must still be submitted in writing.

  7. The Update Contact Information online form keeps giving me the error 'No records found that match your request'. What should I do?

    You should contact the housing development. It's possible that the application number or head/co-head of household information you are entering doesn't agree with the information on file. Also, contact information for transfer applications cannot be submitted online.

  8. I received an email that my address change was rejected, what should I do?

    Housing developments have the right to reject changes submitted online. Contact the housing development to find out why your change was rejected.

  9. I am on more than one Mitchell-Lama waiting list. Do I need to submit the online change form to each housing development?

    Yes, you must submit an online change form to each housing development to which you apply. 

State Supervised Middle Income Housing Developments for Families and Senior Citizens

Following are lists, sorted by county, of HCR supervised Middle Income Housing Developments for Families and Senior Citizens constructed under New York State’s limited profit and limited dividend housing programs.  The lists indicate whether the development is a rental or cooperative with their waiting list status.  Developments identified as “List Closed” generally conduct advertised lotteries to replenish their waiting lists.  For complete details on apartment availability (including upcoming lotteries), admission eligibility, and application instructions, please contact the management office in the right-hand columns.

 

State Supervised Middle Income Housing Developments for Families

Pursuant to Section 31 of the Private Housing Finance Law, limited profit developments with open waiting lists are required to afford an admission preference to veterans, or their surviving spouses, who served on active duty during time of war (as defined in Section 85 of the Civil Service Law) and reside in New York State. Note that the following limited dividend Family developments (identified with an (*) on the Family list) are not subject to this statute: Amalgamated Houses in the Bronx, the five Electchesters in Queens, Harry Silver Apartments in Brooklyn and Knickerbocker Village in Manhattan.

 

State Supervised Middle Income Housing Developments for Senior Citizens

Pursuant to Section 31 of the Private Housing Finance Law, limited profit developments with open waiting lists are required to afford an admission preference to veterans, or their surviving spouses, who served on active duty during time of war (as defined in Section 85 of the Civil Service Law) and reside in New York State.