Vacaville features 102 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 Vacaville, California

There are 568 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Vacaville.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Vacaville, California

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Vacaville landlords $900 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $500 towards rent in Vacaville.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Vacaville, California for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,430 and $1,748.

2020 Vacaville, California Fair Market Rents and Housing Choice Voucher Payment Standards

Fair Market Rents can be used to better understand the average housing costs of an area. Fair Market Rents are used by HUD to establish payment and rent standards for federal rental assistance programs like the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

	Studio	One BR	Two BR	Three BR	Four BR
Fair Market Rent	$1,124	$1,318	$1,589	$2,292	$2,790
Payment Standard Range	$1,012 to $1,236	$1,186 to $1,450	$1,430 to $1,748	$2,063 to $2,521	$2,511 to $3,069

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.

Vacaville, CA Affordable Housing Snapshot

Total Affordable Apartment Properties	10
Total Low Income Apartments	670
Total Housing Units with Rental Assistance	102
Percentage of Housing Units Occupied By Renters	39.72%
Average Renter Household Size	2.70
Average Household Size	2.76
Median Household Income	$74,001 ±$1,858
Median Rent	$1,382 ±$49
Percentage Of Renters Overburdened	51.96% ± 3.74pp
Total Population	94,795

Population and Household Demographics

Vacaville is a city in Solano County, California with a population of 94,795. There are 31,798 households in the city with an average household size of 2.76 persons. 39.72% of households in Vacaville are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Vacaville

The median gross income for households in Vacaville is $74,001 a year, or $6,167 a month. The median rent for the city is $1,382 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Vacaville, a household making less than $4,607 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent. 51.96% of households who rent are overburdened in Vacaville.

Area Median Income In Vacaville

Affordable housing program eligibility is always determined by one's income. Each household's income is compared to the incomes of all other households in the area. This is accomplished through a statistic established by the government called the Area Median Income, most often referred to as AMI. The AMI is calculated and published each year by HUD.

HUD often uses an area larger than a city to determine the AMI because HUD anticipates those searching for housing will look beyond individual cities during their housing search. For Vacaville, the AMI is calculated from all households within Solano County.

In Vacaville, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $95,400

Most affordable housing programs determine eligibility based on the percent of AMI a given household's income is. Among the programs that determine eligibility based on the AMI are Section 8, HOME, LIHTC, Section 515, 202 and 811.

Rental Assistance in Vacaville

Rental assistance is a type of housing subsidy that pays for a portion of a renter’s monthly housing costs, including rent and tenant paid utilities. This housing assistance can come in the form of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, project-based Section 8 contracts, public housing, USDA Rental Assistance (in Section 515 properties) as well as HUD Section 202 and 811 properties for elderly and disabled households.

Income Qualifications for HUD Rental Assistance in Vacaville

Income	1 Person	2 Person	3 Person	4 Person	5 Person	6 Person	7 Person	8 Person
30% of Median	$19,450	$22,200	$25,000	$27,750	$30,680	$35,160	$39,640	$44,120
50% of Median	$32,400	$37,000	$41,650	$46,250	$49,950	$53,650	$57,350	$61,050
80% of Median	$51,800	$59,200	$66,600	$73,950	$79,900	$85,800	$91,700	$97,650

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