Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Lone Pine, CA

Discover affordable housing in Lone Pine where there are 1+ 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.

Mt Whitney Apartments

375 N Mount Whitney Dr, Lone Pine, California 0

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Lone Pine, California
$25.81/hour
$9.81 (+61%) more than California minimum wage and $18.56 (+256%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Lone Pine, 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 programs for Lone Pine, California.

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

How many renters live in Lone Pine, California?

The City of Lone Pine has 1,323 people living in 570 households.

There are 337 renters living in 201 renter households in this City. Renters make up 25.47 percent of the population living in Lone Pine.

What is the rental market like in Lone Pine, California?

There are an estimated 769 housing units in the Lone Pine area. Of these, 216 units are rental homes, making up 28 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Lone Pine, California, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Lone Pine?

The rental vacancy rate in Lone Pine is 7 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 Lone Pine for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Lone Pine
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 63 82 48 8
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Lone Pine

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

Among renter households in this market, 51 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 40 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 Lone Pine

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $924 to $2,237. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $924
One BR $1,079
Two BR $1,363
Three BR $1,648
Four BR $2,237
2024 Fair Market Rents in Lone Pine, California

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

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 36 57 percent
Two BR 67 82 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Lone Pine, California

How many affordable rental units are in Lone Pine?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 34
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Lone Pine, California

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

Income Based Apartments in Lone Pine, California

Lone Pine features 34 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 Lone Pine, California

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Lone Pine, California

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Lone Pine, California for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,227 and $1,499.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.