Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Brinkley, AR

Discover affordable housing in Brinkley where there are 4+ housing opportunities based on income and household needs like accessible units for seniors or persons with disabilities. Find and apply to these low income apartments now.

Cedar View Apartments

705 W 6th St, Brinkley, Arkansas 72021

Brinkley

103 E Lynn St, Brinkley, Arkansas 72021

Sunset Apartments

408 W.Walnut, Brinkley, Arkansas

Russell Bonner

13730 Highway 49, Brinkley, Arkansas

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Brinkley, Arkansas
$15.42/hour
$4.42 (+40%) more than Arkansas minimum wage and $8.17 (+113%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Brinkley, Arkansas?

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 programs for Brinkley, Arkansas.

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

How many renters live in Brinkley, Arkansas?

The City of Brinkley has 2,693 people living in 1,195 households.

There are 1,096 renters living in 509 renter households in this City. Renters make up 40.7 percent of the population living in Brinkley.

What is the rental market like in Brinkley, Arkansas?

There are an estimated 1,465 housing units in the Brinkley area. Of these, 579 units are rental homes, making up 40 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Brinkley, Arkansas, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Brinkley?

The rental vacancy rate in Brinkley is 12 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 Brinkley for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Brinkley
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 236 85 179 9
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Brinkley

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

Among renter households in this market, 56 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 23 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 Brinkley

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $552 to $1,148. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $552
One BR $620
Two BR $814
Three BR $1,011
Four BR $1,148
2024 Fair Market Rents in Brinkley, Arkansas

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

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 178 75 percent
Two BR 79 93 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Brinkley, Arkansas

How many affordable rental units are in Brinkley?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 32
Public Housing 185
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 1
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 52
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Brinkley, Arkansas

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

Income Based Apartments in Brinkley, Arkansas

Brinkley features 237 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 Brinkley, Arkansas

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Brinkley, Arkansas

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Brinkley, Arkansas for a two-bedroom apartment is between $733 and $895.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.