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

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River City Apts

860 Clark Street, Marseilles, Illinois

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Marseilles, 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 Marseilles, 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 Marseilles, Illinois.
Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Family Self-Sufficiency, Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) programs for Marseilles, Illinois.

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

How many renters live in Marseilles, Illinois?

The City of Marseilles has 4,154 people living in 1,705 households.

There are 1,348 renters living in 567 renter households in this City. Renters make up 32.45 percent of the population living in Marseilles.

What is the rental market like in Marseilles, Illinois?

There are an estimated 2,164 housing units in the Marseilles area. Of these, 608 units are rental homes, making up 28 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Marseilles, Illinois, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Marseilles?

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

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Marseilles
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
17 120 237 132 56
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Marseilles

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

Among renter households in this market, 41 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 23 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 Marseilles

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 Marseilles, Illinois

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

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 17 100 percent
One BR 39 33 percent
Two BR 111 47 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Marseilles, Illinois

How many affordable rental units are in Marseilles?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Public Housing 35
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 32
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Marseilles, Illinois

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

Income Based Apartments in Marseilles, Illinois

Marseilles features 32 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 Marseilles, Illinois

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Marseilles, Illinois

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Marseilles landlords $500 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Marseilles.

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

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.