Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Palm Beach County, FL

Discover affordable housing in Palm Beach County where there are 107+ 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.

Georgian Gardens Apartments

4330 Community Drive, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409

Waverly Apartments

1386 Summit Pines Blvd, West Palm Beach, Florida 33415

Chelsea Commons Apartments

1301 Pine Circle, Greenacres, Florida 33463

2001

2001 NE 3rd Ave, Delray Beach, Florida 33444

Boynton Bay

499 Boynton Bay Cir, Boynton Beach, Florida 33435

Wood Duck Apartments

1101 Military Trail, Jupiter, Florida 33458

Third Housing

331 Toney Penna Dr, Jupiter, Florida 33458

Stephenson Manor

457 Jupiter Lakes Blvd, Jupiter, Florida 33458

Seagrape Apartments

428 Jupiter Lakes Blvd, Jupiter, Florida 33458

Jupiter Homes

431 Toney Penna Dr, Jupiter, Florida 33458

Cypress Manor

3818 County Line Rd, Tequesta, Florida 33469

Groves of Delray

1301 SW10th Avenue, Delray Beach, Florida 33444

Ocean Breeze East Apartments

100 NE 7th Ave, Boynton Beach, Florida 33435

Merry Place Apartments

451 Cheerful St , West Palm Beach, Florida 33407

Palm Garden Apartments

1710 4th Avenue N, Lake Worth, Florida 33460

Pine Run Villas

4728 Big Ben Ln, Greenacres, Florida 33463

Colonial Lakes Apartments

4050 Milner Cir, Lake Worth, Florida 33463

Isles of Pahokee II

899 Padgett Circle, Pahokee, Florida 33476

New South Bay Villas

845 W Palm Beach Rd, South Bay, Florida 33493

Banyan Court

1716 3rd Ave N, Lake Worth, Florida 33460

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Palm Beach County, Florida
$42.16/hour
$30.16 (+251%) more than Florida minimum wage and $34.91 (+482%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Palm Beach County, Florida?

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, Homeownership Voucher, Family Self-Sufficiency, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA), Mainstream Voucher programs for Palm Beach County, Florida.
Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing programs for Palm Beach County, Florida.

Go to the Florida Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Palm Beach County.

How many renters live in Palm Beach County, Florida?

The County of Palm Beach County has 1,518,477 people living in 607,453 households.

There are 439,735 renters living in 183,715 renter households in this County. Renters make up 28.96 percent of the population living in Palm Beach County.

What is the rental market like in Palm Beach County, Florida?

There are an estimated 720,792 housing units in the Palm Beach County area. Of these, 201,486 units are rental homes, making up 28 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Palm Beach County, Florida, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Palm Beach County?

The rental vacancy rate in Palm Beach County 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 Palm Beach County for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Palm Beach County
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
8,168 44,017 85,791 38,259 5,864
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Palm Beach County

A large number of apartments in Palm Beach County 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 Palm Beach County are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 58 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 29 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 Palm Beach County

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $1,573 to $3,556. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $1,573
One BR $1,851
Two BR $2,226
Three BR $2,942
Four BR $3,556
2024 Fair Market Rents in Palm Beach County, Florida

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in Palm Beach County?

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 4,719 58 percent
One BR 22,364 51 percent
Two BR 25,428 30 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Palm Beach County, Florida

How many affordable rental units are in Palm Beach County?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Palm Beach County, Florida including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 9,938
Public Housing 1,180
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 1,329
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 387
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 11
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 260
USDA Section 514 Farm Labor Housing 756
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Palm Beach County, Florida

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

Income Based Apartments in Palm Beach County, Florida

Palm Beach County features 4,482 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 Palm Beach County, Florida

There are 10,407 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Palm Beach County.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Palm Beach County, Florida

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Palm Beach County landlords $1,000 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $400 towards rent in Palm Beach County.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Palm Beach County, Florida for a two-bedroom apartment is between $2,003 and $2,449.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.