FAQ about applying for housing at NYCHA

Priority codes assigned to applicants by NYCHA

Contains resident demographic data at a summary level as of January 1, 2019. The Resident Data Book is compiled to serve as an information source for queries involving resident demographic as well as a source of data for internal analysis. Statistics are compiled via HUD mandated annual income reviews involving NYCHA Staff and residents. Data is then aggregated and compiled by development. Each record pertains to a single public housing development.

The customer contact center locations, phone numbers and schedules

Income limits by household size for public housing

Job preparation or training programs

Contains the main body of the "Development Data Book". The Development Data Book lists all of the Authority's Developments alphabetically and includes information on the development identification numbers, program and construction type, number of apartments and rental rooms, population, number of buildings and stories, street boundaries, and political districts.

Contains all occupied and vacant facilities portfolio from Facility Planning (commercial spaces) and Community Operations (community centers, senior centers, day care centers, health centers, etc) It includes the 5 Community Operations borough offices. The source data is our latest Property Directory as December 2012. The field “Comments” contains summary codes to distinguish the type of facility (BO – NYCHA Community Operations Borough Offices, CO – Community Operations, FP – Facility Planning). Please note that there are two commercial spaces (not coded under field “comments”)recorded in our property directory which are not part of the portfolio for Facility Planning.

It contains the special events hosted by NYCHA

Locations of the Community Operations facilities as of September 2015.

Community Facilities (Centers) that are on NYCHA property with programs either sponsored by NYCHA or by a non-NYCHA entity. All programs are open to the public. The file contains development name, address, city, state, zipcode, telephone #, sponsoring organization and contact person.

This file is updated on a need basis.

Locations of the public housing developments of the New York City Housing Authority as of June 2024.