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

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Arkansas

523 W Railroad St, Delight, Arkansas 71940

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Delight, 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 Delight, 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 Delight, Arkansas.

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

How many renters live in Delight, Arkansas?

The City of Delight has 259 people living in 136 households.

There are 79 renters living in 36 renter households in this City. Renters make up 30.5 percent of the population living in Delight.

What is the rental market like in Delight, Arkansas?

There are an estimated 176 housing units in the Delight area. Of these, 36 units are rental homes, making up 20 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Delight, Arkansas, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Delight?

The rental vacancy rate in Delight is 0 percent. This is a lower than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are low there are fewer available units. Rents tend to be higher as more people compete for scarce housing.

How many rental units are in Delight for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Delight
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 2 18 16 0
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Delight

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

Among renter households in this market, 31 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 22 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 Delight

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $604 to $1,174. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $604
One BR $641
Two BR $814
Three BR $1,063
Four BR $1,174
2024 Fair Market Rents in Delight, Arkansas

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

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 0 100 percent
Two BR 16 89 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Delight, Arkansas

How many affordable rental units are in Delight?

Income Based Apartments in Delight, Arkansas

Delight features 0 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 Delight, Arkansas

There are 11 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Delight.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Delight, Arkansas

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

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

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.