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New York Unsubsidized Housing Search Resources

If you need immediate housing or your income is too high or low for subsidized options, please refer to the following websites to aid your housing search.

Street Easy

  • Search for no-fee rentals by owner, no-fee with broker and fee with broker
  • Aggregates listings by building
  • Provides multiple broker options per listing
  • Provides information about building ownership (to compare to city records) and neighborhood
  • Helpful blogs

Naked Apartments

  • Must create a profile
  • You can search by no-fee or low-fee rentals and pet-friendly listings
  • “Verified” listings meet criteria that suggest listing is accurate and available
  • Very helpful tool: Naked Apartments Renting 101
  • Info on what to expect, understanding fees, understanding documents

The Listings Project

  • Free weekly email of real estate and opportunities listings serving artists, creative communities, and beyond.

Craigslist 

  • Free website listings that offer housing opportunities in all major cities, although listings are not vetted--be wary of false listings
  • Listings for apartments--short-term, and long-term shares, individual rooms and temporary housing

Easy Roommate 

  • Advertise and contact roommates for free, communicate with premium members for free
  • Fees range depending on length of stay, location, rent and other factors.

Rainbow Roommates 

  • An apartment share and roommate referral service for those seeking to live with gay or lesbian roommates in the NYC metropolitan area.

Padmapper 

  • Postings listed in map format
  • Can search by rent, number of bedrooms and bathrooms and type of apartments (full leases, sublets, rooms or vacation)
  • Also can set email alerts based on search options
  • Allows users to view map of where the apartments that fit your budget are