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

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Leland Elderly Apartments

265 W Genessee St, Leland, Illinois 60531

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Leland, Illinois
$17.39/hour
$3.39 (+24%) more than Illinois minimum wage and $10.14 (+140%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Leland, 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 Leland, Illinois.
Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Family Self-Sufficiency, Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) programs for Leland, Illinois.

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

How many renters live in Leland, Illinois?

The City of Leland has 1,156 people living in 462 households.

There are 238 renters living in 86 renter households in this City. Renters make up 20.59 percent of the population living in Leland.

What is the rental market like in Leland, Illinois?

There are an estimated 500 housing units in the Leland area. Of these, 92 units are rental homes, making up 18 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Leland, Illinois, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Leland?

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

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Leland
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
1 3 41 15 26
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Leland

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

Among renter households in this market, 33 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 20 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 Leland

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $685 to $1,540. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $685
One BR $742
Two BR $933
Three BR $1,315
Four BR $1,540
2024 Fair Market Rents in Leland, Illinois

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

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 1 100 percent
One BR 2 67 percent
Two BR 17 41 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Leland, Illinois

How many affordable rental units are in Leland?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 38
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Leland, Illinois

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

Income Based Apartments in Leland, Illinois

Leland features 38 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 Leland, Illinois

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Leland, Illinois

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Leland, Illinois for a two-bedroom apartment is between $826 and $1,010.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.