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

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Rossville Manor Apartments

5185 Highway 57, Rossville, Tennessee 38066

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Rossville, Tennessee
$24.58/hour
$17.33 (+239%) more than Tennessee minimum wage and $17.33 (+239%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Rossville, 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), Family Self-Sufficiency, Mainstream Voucher, Homeownership programs for Rossville, Tennessee.

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

How many renters live in Rossville, Tennessee?

The City of Rossville has 1,185 people living in 488 households.

There are 134 renters living in 70 renter households in this City. Renters make up 11.31 percent of the population living in Rossville.

What is the rental market like in Rossville, Tennessee?

There are an estimated 504 housing units in the Rossville area. Of these, 70 units are rental homes, making up 14 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Rossville, Tennessee, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Rossville?

The rental vacancy rate in Rossville is 0 percent. This is a lower than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are low there are fewer available units. Rents tend to be higher as more people compete for scarce housing.

How many rental units are in Rossville for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Rossville
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 25 22 17 6
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Rossville

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

Among renter households in this market, 37 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 24 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 Rossville

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $1,031 to $1,995. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $1,031
One BR $1,146
Two BR $1,298
Three BR $1,711
Four BR $1,995
2024 Fair Market Rents in Rossville, Tennessee

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

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 25 100 percent
Two BR 18 82 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Rossville, Tennessee

How many affordable rental units are in Rossville?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 36
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 36
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Rossville, Tennessee

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

Income Based Apartments in Rossville, Tennessee

Rossville features 36 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 Rossville, Tennessee

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Rossville, Tennessee

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Rossville landlords $0 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $0 towards rent in Rossville.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Rossville, Tennessee for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,168 and $1,428.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.