Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Bement, IL

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Bement Apartments

565 N Morgan St, Bement, Illinois 61813

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Bement, Illinois
$19.87/hour
$5.87 (+42%) more than Illinois minimum wage and $12.62 (+174%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Bement, Illinois?

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 Bement, Illinois.

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

How many renters live in Bement, Illinois?

The City of Bement has 1,549 people living in 635 households.

There are 216 renters living in 116 renter households in this City. Renters make up 13.94 percent of the population living in Bement.

What is the rental market like in Bement, Illinois?

There are an estimated 703 housing units in the Bement area. Of these, 126 units are rental homes, making up 18 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Bement, Illinois, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Bement?

The rental vacancy rate in Bement is 8 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 Bement for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Bement
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 36 48 20 9
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Bement

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

Among renter households in this market, 26 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 18 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 Bement

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $880 to $1,397. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $880
One BR $885
Two BR $1,049
Three BR $1,372
Four BR $1,397
2024 Fair Market Rents in Bement, Illinois

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

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 32 89 percent
Two BR 41 85 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Bement, Illinois

How many affordable rental units are in Bement?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Public Housing 17
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 12
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Bement, Illinois

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

Income Based Apartments in Bement, Illinois

Bement features 12 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 Bement, Illinois

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Bement, Illinois

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Bement, Illinois for a two-bedroom apartment is between $944 and $1,154.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.