What happens to NYC affordable housing lottery units when someone moves out?

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- New Yorkers enter New York City’s affordable housing lottery each year by the thousands, hoping to get selected for a new place to live.

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development assisted in putting 15,000 households into affordable units this calendar year, according to an HPD spokesperson. But what happens when people move out of affordable units they won in a lottery through the NYC Housing Connect?

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