Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Cranfills Gap, TX

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Cranfills Gap Housing Devlp Inc

307 North 3rd St, Cranfills Gap, Texas

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

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) programs for Cranfills Gap, Texas.

Go to the Texas Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Cranfills Gap.

How many renters live in Cranfills Gap, Texas?

The City of Cranfills Gap has 307 people living in 118 households.

There are 155 renters living in 50 renter households in this City. Renters make up 50.49 percent of the population living in Cranfills Gap.

What is the rental market like in Cranfills Gap, Texas?

There are an estimated 131 housing units in the Cranfills Gap area. Of these, 50 units are rental homes, making up 38 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Cranfills Gap, Texas, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Cranfills Gap?

The rental vacancy rate in Cranfills Gap 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 Cranfills Gap for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Cranfills Gap
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 2 23 15 0
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Cranfills Gap

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

Among renter households in this market, 26 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 6 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 Cranfills Gap

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $684 to $1,358. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $684
One BR $689
Two BR $905
Three BR $1,275
Four BR $1,358
2024 Fair Market Rents in Cranfills Gap, Texas

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

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 0 100 percent
Two BR 19 83 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Cranfills Gap, Texas

How many affordable rental units are in Cranfills Gap?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Cranfills Gap, Texas including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 20
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Cranfills Gap, Texas

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

Income Based Apartments in Cranfills Gap, Texas

Cranfills Gap features 20 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 Cranfills Gap, Texas

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Cranfills Gap, Texas

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

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

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.