![]() After all the interviewing and figuring of her income, it turned out she could only prove two years of majority artist income. She is a writer and actor and, like most other artists, she needs to work day jobs to stay afloat. She needed to prove she made at least 51 percent of her income working as an artist. Lisa was eventually called for an interview at Manhattan Plaza in Hell's Kitchen. This was back when you had to call to find out where and when there were openings, and then send in a self-addressed postcard. ![]() It was the first in a string of applications. My girlfriend, Lisa, applied for the lottery at those artists’ residences on 42nd Street between Ninth and 10th soon after she moved to New York in the mid-'90s. We had been entering the affordable housing lottery for a total of almost 25 years. Well, we actually did win the lottery, my girlfriend and I.
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