Josh Ayala.
- Josh Ayala, 26, won the New York City affordable-housing lottery after applying for about a year.
- His monthly rent for a studio apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is $2,345.
- The average ratio for the housing lottery is 450 applications for each rental unit.
When Josh Ayala first received a call about a Brooklyn apartment he had applied for under New York City's affordable-housing lottery, he was surprised.
It was February 2023, over 8 months since he sent in his application for that apartment building.
"I was like, wait, what? I totally forgot I applied to this," Ayala, 26, told Business Insider.