Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Brooklet, GA

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Brookhaven Apt

W Lee Street, Brooklet, Georgia

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Brooklet, Georgia
$20.47/hour
$13.22 (+182%) more than Georgia minimum wage and $13.22 (+182%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Brooklet, Georgia?

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), Homeownership Voucher, Family Self-Sufficiency, Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) programs for Brooklet, Georgia.

Go to the Georgia Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Brooklet.

How many renters live in Brooklet, Georgia?

The City of Brooklet has 1,528 people living in 674 households.

There are 474 renters living in 233 renter households in this City. Renters make up 31.02 percent of the population living in Brooklet.

What is the rental market like in Brooklet, Georgia?

There are an estimated 739 housing units in the Brooklet area. Of these, 245 units are rental homes, making up 33 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Brooklet, Georgia, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Brooklet?

The rental vacancy rate in Brooklet is 5 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 Brooklet for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Brooklet
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 0 160 44 29
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Brooklet

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

Among renter households in this market, 58 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 49 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 Brooklet

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $832 to $1,440. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $832
One BR $837
Two BR $1,081
Three BR $1,382
Four BR $1,440
2024 Fair Market Rents in Brooklet, Georgia

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

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
Two BR 139 87 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Brooklet, Georgia

How many affordable rental units are in Brooklet?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Brooklet, Georgia including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 16
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Brooklet, Georgia

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

Income Based Apartments in Brooklet, Georgia

Brooklet features 16 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 Brooklet, Georgia

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Brooklet, Georgia

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Brooklet, Georgia for a two-bedroom apartment is between $973 and $1,189.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.