Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Houston County, GA

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The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Houston County, Georgia
$22.97/hour
$15.72 (+217%) more than Georgia minimum wage and $15.72 (+217%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Houston County, 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 Houston County, Georgia.
Operates the Public Housing programs for Houston County, 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 Houston County, Georgia.

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

How many renters live in Houston County, Georgia?

The County of Houston County has 169,631 people living in 62,653 households.

There are 56,240 renters living in 22,904 renter households in this County. Renters make up 33.15 percent of the population living in Houston County.

What is the rental market like in Houston County, Georgia?

There are an estimated 66,889 housing units in the Houston County area. Of these, 22,056 units are rental homes, making up 33 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Houston County, Georgia, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Houston County?

The rental vacancy rate in Houston County is 9 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 Houston County for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Houston County
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
516 2,945 7,260 7,083 1,953
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Houston County

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

Among renter households in this market, 46 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 19 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 Houston County

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $974 to $1,898. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $974
One BR $1,080
Two BR $1,213
Three BR $1,633
Four BR $1,898
2024 Fair Market Rents in Houston County, Georgia

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in Houston 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 431 84 percent
One BR 1,986 67 percent
Two BR 4,947 68 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Houston County, Georgia

How many affordable rental units are in Houston County?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 653
Public Housing 493
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 102
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 23
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 8
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 195
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Houston County, Georgia

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

Income Based Apartments in Houston County, Georgia

Houston County features 723 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 Houston County, Georgia

There are 1,564 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Houston County.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Houston County, Georgia

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Houston County landlords $800 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $400 towards rent in Houston County.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Houston County, Georgia for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,092 and $1,334.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.