Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in El Monte, CA

Discover affordable housing in El Monte where there are 19+ 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.

Tyler Court

3348 Tyler Ave, El Monte, California 91731

Garvey Senior Apartments

10117 Garvey Ave, El Monte, California 91733

Plaza Ortiz

10950 Railroad Street, El Monte, California 91731

Telacu El Encanto

3843 Maxson Rd, El Monte, California 91732

Cherrylee Gardens

11620 Cherrylee Dr, El Monte, California 91732

The Exchange at Gateway

10562 Santa Fe Dr., El Monte, California 91731

Garvey Court

10127 Garvey Ave, El Monte, California 91733

Baldwin Rose Apartments

9960 Bessie Avenue, El Monte, California 91731

Casa De Esperanza

12000 Denholm Dr, El Monte, California 91732

Palo Verde Apartments

4704 Peck Road, El Monte, California 91732

Villa Raintree

11905 Ferris Rd, El Monte, California 91732

El Monte Veterans Village

11240 RAMONA BLVD, El Monte, California 91731

Pacific Towers Senior Apartments

10450 Valley Blvd, El Monte, California 91731

Blessed Rock of El Monte

4111 Tyler Ave, El Monte, California 91731

Palm Garden Apartments

10130 Valley Blvd, El Monte, California 91731

Telacu Amador

3436 Tyler Ave, El Monte, California 91731

Flamingo Garden Senior

3711 Cogswell Rd, El Monte, California 91732

Singing Wood Senior Housing

10100 Valley Blvd, El Monte, California 91731

El Monte Youth Development Center

3850 Penn Mar Ave, El Monte, California 91732

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In El Monte, California
$48.18/hour
$32.18 (+201%) more than California minimum wage and $40.93 (+565%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve El Monte, California?

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), Moderate Rehabilitation programs for El Monte, California.
Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing programs for El Monte, California.

Go to the California Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near El Monte.

How many renters live in El Monte, California?

The City of El Monte has 105,307 people living in 30,181 households.

There are 64,855 renters living in 19,233 renter households in this City. Renters make up 61.59 percent of the population living in El Monte.

What is the rental market like in El Monte, California?

There are an estimated 30,748 housing units in the El Monte area. Of these, 18,337 units are rental homes, making up 60 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in El Monte, California, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in El Monte?

The rental vacancy rate in El Monte is 2 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 El Monte for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in El Monte
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
1,428 3,801 8,079 3,643 769
Occupied Rental Units by Size in El Monte

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

Among renter households in this market, 64 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 34 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 El Monte

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $1,777 to $3,600. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $1,777
One BR $2,006
Two BR $2,544
Three BR $3,263
Four BR $3,600
2024 Fair Market Rents in El Monte, California

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

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 1,079 76 percent
One BR 2,736 72 percent
Two BR 2,764 34 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in El Monte, California

How many affordable rental units are in El Monte?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in El Monte, California including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 1,060
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 156
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 139
Tracked Units by Federal Program in El Monte, California

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

Income Based Apartments in El Monte, California

El Monte features 422 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 El Monte, California

There are 876 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in El Monte.

Housing Choice Vouchers in El Monte, California

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay El Monte landlords $1,000 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $500 towards rent in El Monte.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in El Monte, California for a two-bedroom apartment is between $2,290 and $2,798.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.