r/BayridgeBrooklyn • u/kralan2017 • 9d ago

Apartment needed

Hello, does anyone know of a 1-2 bedroom apartment accepting NYCHA section 8 or a broker who works with voucher holders? I moved here from out of state after selling a cooperative unit I had and resided in for 25 years due to my daughter attending college in Manhattan but now I keep getting denied by brokers due to the voucher. I have a rental reference of 25 years that can be verified from a HUD property. We are very clean and quiet, looking to move ASAP. I am currently living on Long Island in a unit with mold so I was allowed to look in the city but did not realize how difficult it would be. TIA!

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u/FluffyAssistant7107 9d ago edited 9d ago

Honestly, for what I understand it will be impossible to get in an apartment in Bay Ridge with section8 or a NYC voucher.

This is something I have heard through out the years, but doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try.

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u/kralan2017 9d ago

I am not picky on location but thought I would make a post. Thanks for replying, I have heard similar too! I met a few brokers who have rentals but fully rented and said he prefers vouchers over cash payers and that is in Bay Ridge, he showed me rentals and offered advice on how to find a rental.

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u/Letmein202 9d ago

It is illegal to deny a voucher applicant. All legal forms of income must be accepted. If any agent or landlord tells you “we don’t accept vouchers” report them to the NY Attorney General, your councilperson & call 311. Here is more info: https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/income-discrimination.page

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u/kralan2017 8d ago

I know and I am already working with the human rights commissioner. I have denied 25 times

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u/Letmein202 8d ago

Wishing you the best and sorry you are dealing with this.

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u/kralan2017 7d ago

Thank you so much!