Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Virginia, VA

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Lee Overlook

6406 Paddington Ct #104, Centreville, Virginia 20121

The Greens at Virginia Center

9724 Virginia Centerway Place , Glen Allen, Virginia 23059

Beaverdam Creek Apartments

7264 Cold Harbor Road , Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111

Dulles Center

2410 Little Current Dr, Herndon, Virginia 20171

Brentwood Apartment Homes

8669 Devonshire Ct, Manassas, Virginia 20110

Townsquare at Dumfries

3930 Townsquare Ct, Triangle, Virginia 22172

Monterey Apartments

813 S. Greenbrier Street , Arlington, Virginia 22204

Gilliam Place

918 S Lincoln St, Arlington, Virginia 22204

Creekside Village I

7979 Janna Lee Ave., Alexandria, Virginia 22306

Creekside Village II

7979 Janna Lee Ave, Alexandria, Virginia 22306

Salem Run

5715 Castlebridge Rd, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22407

Quebec Apartments

4014 Columbia Pike , Arlington, Virginia 22204

Banks at Berkley

701 South Main Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23523

Woodbury Park at Courthouse

2306 N 11th Street, Arlington, Virginia 22201

Orchard Landing Apartments-Chesapeake

3119 Chesapeake Drive, Dumfries, Virginia 22026

Chickahominy Bluff Apartments

7800 Sporting Ln. , Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111

Pilot House Apartments

701 Brigstock Cir, Newport News, Virginia 23606

Kings Crest Senior Apartments

11500 Kings Crest Ct, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22407

Rolling Meadows

4906 Grand Strand Dr, Williamsburg, Virginia 23188

Bradford Mews

100 Cattail Ln, Smithfield, Virginia 23430

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Virginia
$17.14/hour
$5.14 (+43%) more than Virginia minimum wage and $9.89 (+136%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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How many renters live in Virginia?

The State of Virginia has 14,089 people living in 5,543 households.

There are 3,002 renters living in 1,262 renter households in this State. Renters make up 21.31 percent of the population living in Virginia.

What is the rental market like in Virginia?

There are an estimated 7,367 housing units in the Virginia area. Of these, 1,398 units are rental homes, making up 19 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Virginia, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Virginia?

The rental vacancy rate in Virginia is 10 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 Virginia for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Virginia
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
9 88 546 541 78
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Virginia

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

Among renter households in this market, 40 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 21 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 many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in Virginia?

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 0 100 percent
One BR 45 51 percent
Two BR 289 53 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Virginia

How many affordable rental units are in Virginia?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Public Housing 92
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 47
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Virginia

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

Income Based Apartments in Virginia

Virginia features 61,809 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 Virginia

There are 69,173 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Virginia.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Virginia

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Virginia landlords $700 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $400 towards rent in Virginia.

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

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.