Some excellent resources include the NYC Housing Preservation and Development’s Affordable Housing Guide for Applicants with Disabilities, where renters can read to better understand how to apply for affordable housing. Rent controlled or rent-stabilized apartments may also be available for disabled renters. Many local housing authorities have a lottery system that have preferences to provide housing with individuals with certain disabilities, whether mobility, or cognitive. Third, figure out if you qualify for market-rate housing or subsidized housing because of your disability. Local newspapers, as well as universities, may have a forum or section where you can find accessible apartments.

You can also look at publications such as, , and, which may have units specifically designed for disabled tenants. If you are disabled, or apartment hunting with someone disabled, you will have to do more research to ensure that you are getting an apartment that is accessible for your/their disability. Doing it with a disability in a city like New York presents additional challenges, because let us face it, New York City, and the entire world, is not constructed with the needs of disabled people in mind. Hunting for an apartment, in general, can be exhausting.