Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Crystal Falls, MI

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Pleasant Valley Apartments

210 N 3rd St, Crystal Falls, Michigan 49920

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Crystal Falls, Michigan
$17.14/hour
$6.81 (+66%) more than Michigan minimum wage and $9.89 (+136%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Crystal Falls, Michigan?

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 Crystal Falls, Michigan.
Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing programs for Crystal Falls, Michigan.

Go to the Michigan Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Crystal Falls.

How many renters live in Crystal Falls, Michigan?

The City of Crystal Falls has 1,773 people living in 691 households.

There are 269 renters living in 118 renter households in this City. Renters make up 15.17 percent of the population living in Crystal Falls.

What is the rental market like in Crystal Falls, Michigan?

There are an estimated 861 housing units in the Crystal Falls area. Of these, 138 units are rental homes, making up 16 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Crystal Falls, Michigan, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Crystal Falls?

The rental vacancy rate in Crystal Falls is 14 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 Crystal Falls for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Crystal Falls
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
3 39 38 35 3
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Crystal Falls

A large number of apartments in Crystal Falls 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 Crystal Falls are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 34 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 19 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 Crystal Falls

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $613 to $1,283. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $613
One BR $689
Two BR $905
Three BR $1,195
Four BR $1,283
2024 Fair Market Rents in Crystal Falls, Michigan

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

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 3 100 percent
One BR 30 77 percent
Two BR 27 71 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Crystal Falls, Michigan

How many affordable rental units are in Crystal Falls?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Crystal Falls, Michigan including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Public Housing 47
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Crystal Falls, Michigan

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

Income Based Apartments in Crystal Falls, Michigan

Crystal Falls features 123 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 Crystal Falls, Michigan

There are 0 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Crystal Falls.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Crystal Falls, Michigan

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Crystal Falls landlords $400 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $200 towards rent in Crystal Falls.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Crystal Falls, Michigan for a two-bedroom apartment is between $815 and $996.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.