Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Bisbee, AZ

What HUD offices serve Bisbee, Arizona?

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.

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

How many renters live in Bisbee, Arizona?

The City of Bisbee has 4,972 people living in 2,602 households.

There are 965 renters living in 618 renter households in this City. Renters make up 19.41 percent of the population living in Bisbee.

What is the rental market like in Bisbee, Arizona?

There are an estimated 3,333 housing units in the Bisbee area. Of these, 685 units are rental homes, making up 21 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Bisbee, Arizona, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Bisbee?

The rental vacancy rate in Bisbee 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 Bisbee for each bedroom size?

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

Among renter households in this market, 48 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 Much Is Rent in Bisbee

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $770 to $1,811. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

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

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:

How many affordable rental units are in Bisbee?

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

Income Based Apartments in Bisbee, Arizona

Bisbee features 104 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 Bisbee, Arizona

There are 60 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Bisbee.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Bisbee, Arizona

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Bisbee, Arizona for a two-bedroom apartment is between $960 and $1,174.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.