NYC prices its “affordable housing” based on an Area Median Income (AMI) of
$152,700. However, the median household in Mott Haven earns
$27,364. This tool shows the gap for every neighborhood in the city, and what
it means for your rent.
1 · The Gap Map
All 55 Furman Center neighborhoods, covering the entire city. Tap a circle, or search and tap below. Color shows how far each area’s real median income falls below the regional AMI used to price its “affordable” units.
Each gap card shows four bands: 30% and 50% AMI are the two tiers the city's Block by Block plan commits the deepest share of new production to; 80% and 130% AMI are the bands the city most commonly uses to price affordable housing lottery units today.
<25% of AMI25–50% of AMI50–75% of AMI>75% of AMI
2 · Where do you actually land?
Enter your household income. See your real AMI percentage, which lottery bands you'd qualify for, and what rent is genuinely affordable to you versus what's being sold as affordable.
2026 AMI bands vs. neighborhood reality
Where you sit on NYC's AMI scale
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Band
Max income
“Affordable” rent
Rent ≈ 30% of band income ÷ 12. Pink rows exceed what the median household in Mott Haven/Hunts Point — the lowest-income area citywide — can afford (30% of income). Green row = your band.