Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Rossville, GA

Discover affordable housing in Rossville where there are 4+ housing opportunities based on income and household needs like accessible units for seniors or persons with disabilities. Find and apply to these low income apartments now.

South Rossville Senior Village

1300 McFarland Ave, Rossville, Georgia 30741

Mission Villas Apartments

329 Mission Ridge Road, Rossville, Georgia 30741

Rossville Apartments

800 Walker Ave, Rossville, Georgia 30741

Happy Valley Apartments

1209 Indian Ave, Rossville, Georgia 30741

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Rossville, Georgia
$23.33/hour
$16.08 (+222%) more than Georgia minimum wage and $16.08 (+222%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Rossville, Georgia?

Public Housing Agencies operate federally assisted affordable housing programs at local levels on behalf of HUD. Notably, housing agencies are responsible for managing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher waiting lists within their jurisdiction.

Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Homeownership Voucher, Family Self-Sufficiency, Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) programs for Rossville, Georgia.

Go to the Georgia Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Rossville.

How many renters live in Rossville, Georgia?

The City of Rossville has 3,982 people living in 1,712 households.

There are 2,037 renters living in 774 renter households in this City. Renters make up 51.16 percent of the population living in Rossville.

What is the rental market like in Rossville, Georgia?

There are an estimated 1,988 housing units in the Rossville area. Of these, 845 units are rental homes, making up 43 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Rossville, Georgia, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Rossville?

The rental vacancy rate in Rossville is 8 percent. This is a higher than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are high it means that there are a lot of available units and rents tend to be lower.

How many rental units are in Rossville for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Rossville
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
10 87 423 202 52
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Rossville

A large number of apartments in Rossville have two or fewer bedrooms. Seniors and young professionals especially may have more success finding an apartment that meets their needs.

How many renter households in Rossville are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 58 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 32 percent of households are extremely rent overburdened. When renters pay too much for their housing, it leaves little money for other necessities like food, clothes, or medicine.

The federal government says that renters are cost-burdened if they pay more than a third of their monthly income for rent and utilities.

How Much Is Rent in Rossville

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $1,068 to $1,784. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $1,068
One BR $1,085
Two BR $1,232
Three BR $1,569
Four BR $1,784
2024 Fair Market Rents in Rossville, Georgia

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in Rossville?

Renters with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher must select a home that is at or below the area’s Fair Market Rent. Markets with a large share of units above FMR tend to have longer search times to find a qualified unit, while those with a large share of units below FMR tend to have more choices and shorter search times. The share below FMR can vary by size of unit, as shown in the table below.

These are the approximate number of units renting below the FMR in this market:

Unit Size Count of Units Below FMR Percentage of Total Units Below FMR
Studio 10 100 percent
One BR 69 79 percent
Two BR 387 91 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Rossville, Georgia

How many affordable rental units are in Rossville?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Rossville, Georgia including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 48
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 94
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Rossville, Georgia

Rental units may be funded in part by multiple federal programs.

Income Based Apartments in Rossville, Georgia

Rossville features 210 income based apartments. Tenants of income based apartments typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent and utilities.

Low Rent Apartments in Rossville, Georgia

There are 48 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Rossville.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Rossville, Georgia

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Rossville landlords $700 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $200 towards rent in Rossville.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Rossville, Georgia for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,109 and $1,355.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.