The Department of Housing, Preservation and Development reported having received 90,000 online applications through NYC Housing Connect and 2,700 paper applications,  nearly double the expected number in an impressive show of demand for below-market rate units. More than 25,000 of those applications were filed in the first two weeks of the lottery. 
Advocates said that this overflow showed that demand was high for well-situated affordable housing projects. According to media reports, roughly one out of every hundred applicants in the automated lottery will be selected to rent apartments for as low as $490 a month for studios and as high as $2, 680 for two-bedroom, depending on the tenant income. Eligible applicants vying for one of 924 units in what has been dubbed the Queens’ “Gold Coast” can expect to hear back starting in mid-February and if selected, will be moving to Hunter’s Point South this spring.