Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Coffee County, AL

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The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Coffee County, Alabama
$18.03/hour
$10.78 (+149%) more than Alabama minimum wage and $10.78 (+149%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Coffee County, Alabama?

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, Family Self-Sufficiency, Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV), Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) programs for Coffee County, Alabama.

Go to the Alabama Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Coffee County.

How many renters live in Coffee County, Alabama?

The County of Coffee County has 53,559 people living in 20,363 households.

There are 16,359 renters living in 6,218 renter households in this County. Renters make up 30.54 percent of the population living in Coffee County.

What is the rental market like in Coffee County, Alabama?

There are an estimated 24,155 housing units in the Coffee County area. Of these, 7,337 units are rental homes, making up 30 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Coffee County, Alabama, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Coffee County?

The rental vacancy rate in Coffee County 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 Coffee County for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Coffee County
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
56 404 2,538 2,498 609
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Coffee County

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

Among renter households in this market, 34 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 18 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 Coffee County

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $713 to $1,472. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $713
One BR $725
Two BR $952
Three BR $1,342
Four BR $1,472
2024 Fair Market Rents in Coffee County, Alabama

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

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 44 79 percent
One BR 225 56 percent
Two BR 1,586 62 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Coffee County, Alabama

How many affordable rental units are in Coffee County?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Coffee County, Alabama including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 400
Public Housing 334
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 157
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 3
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 237
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Coffee County, Alabama

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

Income Based Apartments in Coffee County, Alabama

Coffee County features 604 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 Coffee County, Alabama

There are 400 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Coffee County.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Coffee County, Alabama

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Coffee County landlords $500 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Coffee County.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Coffee County, Alabama for a two-bedroom apartment is between $857 and $1,047.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.