Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Roaring Spring, PA

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Roaring Springs Commons

153 Roaring Spring Cmn, Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania 16673

Roaring Spring Com

153 Roaring Spring Cmn, Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania 16673

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania
$18.81/hour
$11.56 (+159%) more than Pennsylvania minimum wage and $11.56 (+159%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Roaring Spring, 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 Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania.

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

How many renters live in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania?

The City of Roaring Spring has 2,512 people living in 1,011 households.

There are 573 renters living in 231 renter households in this City. Renters make up 22.81 percent of the population living in Roaring Spring.

What is the rental market like in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania?

There are an estimated 1,126 housing units in the Roaring Spring area. Of these, 259 units are rental homes, making up 23 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Roaring Spring?

The rental vacancy rate in Roaring Spring 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 Roaring Spring for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Roaring Spring
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 40 70 112 5
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Roaring Spring

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

Among renter households in this market, 48 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 16 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 Roaring Spring

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $673 to $1,406. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $673
One BR $831
Two BR $993
Three BR $1,232
Four BR $1,406
2024 Fair Market Rents in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania

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

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
One BR 20 50 percent
Two BR 66 94 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania

How many affordable rental units are in Roaring Spring?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 58
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 57
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania

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

Income Based Apartments in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania

Roaring Spring features 57 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 Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania

There are 58 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Roaring Spring.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania for a two-bedroom apartment is between $894 and $1,092.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.