Affordable Housing In Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Alaska

6 Low Income Apartment Communities In Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Guide To Affordable Housing in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska

According to federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research, there are 6 low income housing apartment communities offering 211 affordable apartments for rent in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. Ketchikan Gateway Borough features 126 low income apartments with rental assistance where households typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent. Additionally, there are 85 other low income apartments that don't provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK Affordable Housing Snapshot

Population and Household Demographics

Ketchikan Gateway Borough is a County in Alaska with a population of 13,699. There are 5,267 households in the county with an average household size of 2.55 persons. 41.22% of households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

The median gross income for households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $64,222 a year, or $5,352 a month. The median rent for the county is $1,033 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Ketchikan Gateway Borough, a household making less than $3,443 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent. 43.02% of households who rent are overburdened in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.¹

Area Median Income In Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Affordable housing program eligibility is always determined by one's income. Each household's income is compared to the incomes of all other households in the area. This is accomplished through a statistic established by the government called the Area Median Income, most often referred to as AMI. The AMI is calculated and published each year by HUD.

In Ketchikan Gateway Borough, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $86,200

Most affordable housing programs determine eligibility based on the percent of AMI a given household's income is. Among the programs that determine eligibility based on the AMI are Section 8, HOME, LIHTC, Section 515, 202 and 811.

Rental Assistance in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Rental assistance is a type of housing subsidy that pays for a portion of a renter’s monthly housing costs, including rent and tenant paid utilities. This housing assistance can come in the form of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, project-based Section 8 contracts, public housing, USDA Rental Assistance (in Section 515 properties) as well as HUD Section 202 and 811 properties for elderly and disabled households.

Income Qualifications for Ketchikan Gateway Borough HUD Rental Assistance in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Low Income Housing Tax Credits in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program aims to create affordable rental housing for low and very low income families.

From 1987 to 2007, 3 low income apartment communities containing 85 rental apartments have been constructed and made affordable to low income persons in Ketchikan Gateway Borough by the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program.

If your income is less than 60% of the Area Median Income (AMI), you should not expect to pay more than the rent value for a unit in the table below. However, Affordable apartment communities that receive funding through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program may have rental units that are not subject to income and rent limits.

Rent limits for the LIHTC Program are determined so that a household making the maximum income for the expected household size of the unit would only pay 30% of their income for rent.

Income Qualifications for Low Income Housing Tax Credit Apartments in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

For example, the expected household size for a two bedroom apartment is 3 people. Using the table above, the maximum income for a 3 person household at 60% of the AMI in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $46,560 a year, or $3,880 a month. To determine the maximum rent in the table below we multiply the monthly maximum income, $3,880 by 30% to get a maximum rent of $1,164 a month.

Rent for units in the LIHTC Program include a utility allowance which is determined by the average monthly cost of utilities paid directly by residents. This allowance has not been subtracted from the rents in the table below. These utility allowances are set on a property by property basis.

Fair Market Rents in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Fair Market Rents, often abbreviated as FMR, can be used to better understand the average housing costs of an area. Notably, Fair Market Rents are used to establish the payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher Program, maximum rents in HOME financed rental projects and initial rents for Section 8 project based assistance.

2020 Fair Market Rents