Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Snow Hill, MD

What HUD offices serve Snow Hill, Maryland?

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.

Go to the Maryland Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Snow Hill.

How many renters live in Snow Hill, Maryland?

The City of Snow Hill has 2,359 people living in 900 households.

There are 728 renters living in 341 renter households in this City. Renters make up 30.86 percent of the population living in Snow Hill.

What is the rental market like in Snow Hill, Maryland?

There are an estimated 1,023 housing units in the Snow Hill area. Of these, 341 units are rental homes, making up 33 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Snow Hill, Maryland, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Snow Hill?

The rental vacancy rate in Snow Hill is 0 percent. This is a lower than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are low there are fewer available units. Rents tend to be higher as more people compete for scarce housing.

How many rental units are in Snow Hill for each bedroom size?

A large number of apartments in Snow Hill 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 Snow Hill are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 60 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 25 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 Snow Hill

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $993 to $1,797. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

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

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:

How many affordable rental units are in Snow Hill?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Snow Hill, Maryland including the following:

Income Based Apartments in Snow Hill, Maryland

Snow Hill features 120 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 Snow Hill, Maryland

There are 47 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Snow Hill.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Snow Hill, Maryland

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Snow Hill landlords $700 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $400 towards rent in Snow Hill.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Snow Hill, Maryland for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,031 and $1,260.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.