Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Rogersville, TN

Discover affordable housing in Rogersville where there are 9+ 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.

Burton Plaza Apartments

122 Burton Road, A29, Rogersville, Tennessee 37857

Rogersville Terrace Apartments

801 West Broadway St, Rogersville, Tennessee 37857

Greenbriar Village

234 Petersburg Rd, Rogersville, Tennessee 37857

Cherokee Square Apartments

2013 Brown Dr, Rogersville, Tennessee 37857

Rogersville Villas Apartments

200 Arrowhead Dr, Rogersville, Tennessee 37857

Fugate Hill

601 S Rogers St, Rogersville, Tennessee 37857

Holston Hills Apartments

134 Stapleton Ln, Rogersville, Tennessee 37857

Tudor Arms Apt

211 Dodge Drive, Rogersville, Tennessee

Vol Housing Mgmt Rogersville

108 Petersburg Rd, Rogersville, Tennessee 37857

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

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, Homeownership Voucher, Family Self-Sufficiency, Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) programs for Rogersville, Tennessee.
Operates the Public Housing programs for Rogersville, Tennessee.

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

How many renters live in Rogersville, Tennessee?

The City of Rogersville has 4,630 people living in 1,784 households.

There are 2,250 renters living in 904 renter households in this City. Renters make up 48.6 percent of the population living in Rogersville.

What is the rental market like in Rogersville, Tennessee?

There are an estimated 2,156 housing units in the Rogersville area. Of these, 976 units are rental homes, making up 45 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Rogersville, Tennessee, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Rogersville?

The rental vacancy rate in Rogersville is 7 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 Rogersville for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Rogersville
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
8 244 348 284 20
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Rogersville

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

Among renter households in this market, 28 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 9 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 Rogersville

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $677 to $1,335. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $677
One BR $717
Two BR $905
Three BR $1,179
Four BR $1,335
2024 Fair Market Rents in Rogersville, Tennessee

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

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 6 75 percent
One BR 193 79 percent
Two BR 283 81 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Rogersville, Tennessee

How many affordable rental units are in Rogersville?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 60
Public Housing 138
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 149
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 37
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 79
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Rogersville, Tennessee

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

Income Based Apartments in Rogersville, Tennessee

Rogersville features 476 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 Rogersville, Tennessee

There are 8 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Rogersville.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Rogersville, Tennessee

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

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

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.