Kayla McMillan is a 27-year-old, life-long New Yorker working in healthcare management in Manhattan. After years of renting with roommates in every borough but Queens, Kayla wanted the freedom of living by herself. She began applying to NYC’s affordable housing lottery. In 2021, Kayla was selected for an apartment on the same block where she lived. Eleven months later, she moved in. This is her story, as told to Celia Young.