Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Indiana, PA

Discover affordable housing in Indiana where there are 15+ 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.

Hickory Meadow

Marion Rd, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

Homestead

74 Gompers Ave, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

Whites Run Common

160 N 10th St, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

Regency Square Apartments

1300 Oakland Ave, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

Clairvaux Commons

100 Clairvaux Dr, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

Hamilton Apartments

751 Maple St, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

The Courtyard

1703 Warren Rd, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

Poets Village

500 Millay Cir, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

Glen Oaks Senior Housing

Whippoorwill St, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

Indiana Family Housing

209 Thundercloud Ln, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

Orchard Hill II

Brown Rd, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

Barclay Heights C/O Ndc Real Estate

104 Barclay Heights Drive, Indiana, Pennsylvania

Indiana House II

29 S 6th St, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

The Indiana House

574 Philadelphia St, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

Phfa Chdo - Homestead

First And Gompers Steret, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Indiana, Pennsylvania
$16.27/hour
$9.02 (+124%) more than Pennsylvania minimum wage and $9.02 (+124%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Indiana, Pennsylvania?

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), Public Housing programs for Indiana, Pennsylvania.

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

How many renters live in Indiana, Pennsylvania?

The City of Indiana has 14,082 people living in 4,268 households.

There are 5,275 renters living in 2,458 renter households in this City. Renters make up 37.46 percent of the population living in Indiana.

What is the rental market like in Indiana, Pennsylvania?

There are an estimated 5,605 housing units in the Indiana area. Of these, 3,240 units are rental homes, making up 58 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Indiana, Pennsylvania, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Indiana?

The rental vacancy rate in Indiana is 21 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 Indiana for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Indiana
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
74 714 704 653 250
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Indiana

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

Among renter households in this market, 59 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 30 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 Indiana

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $627 to $1,243. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $627
One BR $741
Two BR $859
Three BR $1,136
Four BR $1,243
2024 Fair Market Rents in Indiana, Pennsylvania

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

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 22 30 percent
One BR 390 55 percent
Two BR 405 58 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Indiana, Pennsylvania

How many affordable rental units are in Indiana?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 112
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 63
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 58
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Indiana, Pennsylvania

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

Income Based Apartments in Indiana, Pennsylvania

Indiana features 344 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 Indiana, Pennsylvania

There are 309 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Indiana.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Indiana, Pennsylvania

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Indiana landlords $400 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Indiana.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Indiana, Pennsylvania for a two-bedroom apartment is between $773 and $945.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.