Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Long Beach, MS

Discover affordable housing in Long Beach 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.

Pinnacle At Mariners Village

18400 28th Street, Long Beach, Mississippi 39560

Daugherty Road Apartments

6083 Daugherty Rd, Long Beach, Mississippi 39560

Long Beach Stations ( Pecan Village )

210 Second Ave, Long Beach, Mississippi 39560

Woodward Park 1

15 Woodward Cir, Long Beach, Mississippi 39560

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Long Beach, Mississippi
$21.80/hour
$14.55 (+201%) more than Mississippi minimum wage and $14.55 (+201%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Long Beach, Mississippi?

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), Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV), Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) programs for Long Beach, Mississippi.
Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing programs for Long Beach, Mississippi.

Go to the Mississippi Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Long Beach.

How many renters live in Long Beach, Mississippi?

The City of Long Beach has 16,809 people living in 6,708 households.

There are 5,217 renters living in 2,331 renter households in this City. Renters make up 31.04 percent of the population living in Long Beach.

What is the rental market like in Long Beach, Mississippi?

There are an estimated 7,538 housing units in the Long Beach area. Of these, 2,651 units are rental homes, making up 35 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Long Beach, Mississippi, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Long Beach?

The rental vacancy rate in Long Beach is 11 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 Long Beach for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Long Beach
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
74 252 1,019 762 224
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Long Beach

A large number of apartments in Long Beach 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 Long Beach are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 48 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 33 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 Long Beach

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $825 to $1,626. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $825
One BR $923
Two BR $1,151
Three BR $1,525
Four BR $1,626
2024 Fair Market Rents in Long Beach, Mississippi

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

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 74 100 percent
One BR 131 52 percent
Two BR 555 54 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Long Beach, Mississippi

How many affordable rental units are in Long Beach?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Long Beach, Mississippi including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 192
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 104
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 60
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Long Beach, Mississippi

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

Income Based Apartments in Long Beach, Mississippi

Long Beach features 135 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 Long Beach, Mississippi

There are 72 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Long Beach.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Long Beach, Mississippi

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Long Beach landlords $600 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Long Beach.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Long Beach, Mississippi for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,036 and $1,266.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.