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

Discover affordable housing in Calhoun where there are 16+ 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.

Catoosa Senior Village, Phase II

400 Birchwood Rd, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Catoosa Senior Village II

400 Birchwood Road, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Cherokee Mill Lofts

305 McConnell Rd, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Carriage Apartments

980 Red Bud Rd NE, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Stone Ridge

4590 Fairmount Hwy SE, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Calhoun Gardens

110 Richardson Rd, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Forest Heights Apartments

153 Forrest Heights Cir SW, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Tift Catoosa Senior

98 Timms Rd NE, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Pine Ridge Apts. II

1386 Us 41 North, Calhoun, Georgia

Pine Ridge Apts

1386 Us 41 North, Calhoun, Georgia

Forest Hills Apartments

Forest Hills Circle, Calhoun, Georgia

Stone Ridge

4590 Fairmount Hwy SE, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Tift Catoosa Senior

Timms Rd, Calhoun, Georgia 30703

James Keene C M Jones

309 Edward Ave, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Calhoun Affordable Housing Eastgate

420 Richardson Rd SE, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

Parkway Court Village

401 Curtis Pkwy NE, Calhoun, Georgia 30701

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Calhoun, Georgia
$17.27/hour
$10.02 (+138%) more than Georgia minimum wage and $10.02 (+138%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Calhoun, 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 Public Housing programs for Calhoun, Georgia.
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 Calhoun, Georgia.

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

How many renters live in Calhoun, Georgia?

The City of Calhoun has 17,184 people living in 6,121 households.

There are 8,014 renters living in 2,962 renter households in this City. Renters make up 46.64 percent of the population living in Calhoun.

What is the rental market like in Calhoun, Georgia?

There are an estimated 6,667 housing units in the Calhoun area. Of these, 3,318 units are rental homes, making up 50 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Calhoun, Georgia, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Calhoun?

The rental vacancy rate in Calhoun is 11 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 Calhoun for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Calhoun
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
254 488 1,492 636 92
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Calhoun

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

Among renter households in this market, 40 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 14 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 Calhoun

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $674 to $1,412. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $674
One BR $745
Two BR $912
Three BR $1,284
Four BR $1,412
2024 Fair Market Rents in Calhoun, Georgia

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

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 213 84 percent
One BR 249 51 percent
Two BR 1,086 73 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Calhoun, Georgia

How many affordable rental units are in Calhoun?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 325
Public Housing 249
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 144
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 152
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Calhoun, Georgia

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

Income Based Apartments in Calhoun, Georgia

Calhoun features 634 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 Calhoun, Georgia

There are 340 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Calhoun.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Calhoun, Georgia

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Calhoun landlords $800 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Calhoun.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Calhoun, Georgia for a two-bedroom apartment is between $821 and $1,003.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.