Affordable Housing In Keystone
Summit County, Colorado

1 Low Income Apartment Communities In Keystone

Guide To Affordable Housing in Keystone, Colorado

There are 1 low income housing apartment communities offering 196 affordable apartments for rent in Keystone, Colorado.

Income Based Apartments in Keystone, Colorado

Keystone 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 Keystone, Colorado

There are 196 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Keystone.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Keystone, Colorado

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Keystone, Colorado for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,617 and $1,977.

2022 Keystone, Colorado 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
Keystone, Colorado Fair Market Rent	$1,340	$1,577	$1,797	$2,553	$2,886
Keystone, Colorado Payment Standard Range	$1,206 to $1,474	$1,419 to $1,735	$1,617 to $1,977	$2,298 to $2,808	$2,597 to $3,175

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.

Keystone, CO Affordable Housing Snapshot

Total Affordable Apartment Properties	1
Total Low Income Apartments	196
Total Housing Units with Rental Assistance	0
Percentage of Housing Units Occupied By Renters	53.59%
Average Renter Household Size	2.54
Average Household Size	2.07
Median Household Income	$66,383 ±$18,577
Median Rent	$0 ±$0
Percentage Of Renters Overburdened	0% ± 9.21pp
Total Population	1,067

Population and Household Demographics

Keystone is a city in Summit County, Colorado with a population of 1,067. There are 446 households in the city with an average household size of 2.07 persons. 53.59% of households in Keystone are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Keystone

The median gross income for households in Keystone is $66,383 a year, or $5,532 a month. The median rent for the city is $0 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Keystone, a household making less than $0 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent. 0% of households who rent are overburdened in Keystone.

Area Median Income In Keystone

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 Keystone, the AMI is calculated from all households within Summit County.

In Keystone, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $96,100

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 Keystone

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 Keystone

	1 Person	2 Person	3 Person	4 Person	5 Person	6 Person	7 Person	8 Person
30% AMI Income Limits Renters earning up to 30% of the Keystone AMI may qualify for rental assistance programs that target Extremely Low Income households.	$20,200	$23,100	$26,000	$28,850	$31,200	$35,580	$40,120	$44,660
50% AMI Income Limits Renters earning up to 50% of the Keystone AMI may qualify for rental assistance programs that target Very Low Income households.	$33,650	$38,450	$43,250	$48,050	$51,900	$55,750	$59,600	$63,450
80% AMI Income Limits Renters earning up to 80% of the Keystone AMI may qualify for rental assistance programs that target Low Income households.	$53,850	$61,550	$69,250	$76,900	$83,100	$89,250	$95,400	$101,550