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

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Colonial Park Apt

40 Park Pl, Lenox, Georgia

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Lenox, Georgia
$16.76/hour
$9.51 (+131%) more than Georgia minimum wage and $9.51 (+131%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Lenox, 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 Lenox, Georgia.

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

How many renters live in Lenox, Georgia?

The City of Lenox has 887 people living in 348 households.

There are 364 renters living in 139 renter households in this City. Renters make up 41.04 percent of the population living in Lenox.

What is the rental market like in Lenox, Georgia?

There are an estimated 412 housing units in the Lenox area. Of these, 149 units are rental homes, making up 36 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Lenox, Georgia, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Lenox?

The rental vacancy rate in Lenox 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 Lenox for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Lenox
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 9 81 40 6
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Lenox

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

Among renter households in this market, 31 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 15 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 Lenox

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $693 to $1,324. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $693
One BR $697
Two BR $885
Three BR $1,165
Four BR $1,324
2024 Fair Market Rents in Lenox, Georgia

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

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
One BR 7 78 percent
Two BR 54 67 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Lenox, Georgia

How many affordable rental units are in Lenox?

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

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

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

Income Based Apartments in Lenox, Georgia

Lenox 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 Lenox, Georgia

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Lenox, Georgia

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Lenox, Georgia for a two-bedroom apartment is between $797 and $974.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.