Affordable Housing In Rosewood Heights
Madison County, Illinois

Guide To Affordable Housing in Rosewood Heights, Illinois

There are 0 low income housing apartment communities offering 0 affordable apartments for rent in Rosewood Heights, Illinois. Rosewood Heights features 0 low income apartments with rental assistance where households typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent. Additionally, there are 0 other low income apartments that don't provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Rosewood Heights.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.

Rosewood Heights, IL Affordable Housing Snapshot

Total Affordable Apartment Properties	0
Total Low Income Apartments	0
Total Housing Units with Rental Assistance	0
Percentage of Housing Units Occupied By Renters	21.45%
Average Renter Household Size	1.88
Average Household Size	2.28
Median Household Income	$52,854 ±$4,925
Median Rent	$758 ±$88
Percentage Of Renters Overburdened	56.73% ± 29.09pp
Total Population	4,051

Population and Household Demographics

Rosewood Heights is a City in Madison County, Illinois with a population of 4,051. There are 1,767 households in the city with an average household size of 2.28 persons. 21.45% of households in Rosewood Heights are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Rosewood Heights

The median gross income for households in Rosewood Heights is $52,854 a year, or $4,405 a month. The median rent for the city is $758 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Rosewood Heights, a household making less than $2,527 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent. 56.73% of households who rent are overburdened in Rosewood Heights.¹

Area Median Income In Rosewood Heights

Affordable housing program eligibility is always determined by one's income. Each household's income is compared to the incomes of all other households in the area. This is accomplished through a statistic established by the government called the Area Median Income, most often referred to as AMI. The AMI is calculated and published each year by HUD.

HUD often uses an area larger than a city to determine the AMI because HUD anticipates those searching for housing will look beyond individual cities during their housing search. For Rosewood Heights, the AMI is calculated from all households within Madison County.

In Rosewood Heights, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $81,300

Most affordable housing programs determine eligibility based on the percent of AMI a given household's income is. Among the programs that determine eligibility based on the AMI are Section 8, HOME, LIHTC, Section 515, 202 and 811.

Rental Assistance in Rosewood Heights

Rental assistance is a type of housing subsidy that pays for a portion of a renter’s monthly housing costs, including rent and tenant paid utilities. This housing assistance can come in the form of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, project-based Section 8 contracts, public housing, USDA Rental Assistance (in Section 515 properties) as well as HUD Section 202 and 811 properties for elderly and disabled households.

Income Qualifications for Rosewood Heights HUD Rental Assistance in Rosewood Heights

Income	1 Person	2 Person	3 Person	4 Person	5 Person	6 Person	7 Person	8 Person
30% of Median	$17,100	$19,550	$22,000	$25,750	$30,170	$34,590	$39,010	$43,430
50% of Median	$28,500	$32,550	$36,600	$40,650	$43,950	$47,200	$50,450	$53,700
80% of Median	$45,550	$52,050	$58,550	$65,050	$70,300	$75,500	$80,700	$85,900

If your income is less than 60% of the Area Median Income (AMI), you should not expect to pay more than the rent value for a unit in the table below. However, Affordable apartment communities that receive funding through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program may have rental units that are not subject to income and rent limits.

Rent limits for the LIHTC Program are determined so that a household making the maximum income for the expected household size of the unit would only pay 30% of their income for rent.

Income Qualifications for Low Income Housing Tax Credit Apartments in Rosewood Heights

Income	1 Person	2 Person	3 Person	4 Person	5 Person	6 Person	7 Person	8 Person
50% of Median	$28,500	$32,550	$36,600	$40,650	$43,950	$47,200	$50,450	$53,700
60% of Median	$34,200	$39,060	$43,920	$48,780	$52,740	$56,640	$60,540	$64,440

For example, the expected household size for a two bedroom apartment is 3 people. Using the table above, the maximum income for a 3 person household at 60% of the AMI in Rosewood Heights is $43,920 a year, or $3,660 a month. To determine the maximum rent in the table below we multiply the monthly maximum income, $3,660 by 30% to get a maximum rent of $1,098 a month.

Rent for units in the LIHTC Program include a utility allowance which is determined by the average monthly cost of utilities paid directly by residents. This allowance has not been subtracted from the rents in the table below. These utility allowances are set on a property by property basis.

% of AMI	Studio	1 Bed	2 Bed	3 Bed	4 Bed	5 Bed
50%	$713	$763	$915	$1,058	$1,180	$1,302
60%	$855	$916	$1,098	$1,269	$1,416	$1,562

Fair Market Rents in Rosewood Heights

Fair Market Rents, often abbreviated as FMR, can be used to better understand the average housing costs of an area. Notably, Fair Market Rents are used to establish the payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher Program, maximum rents in HOME financed rental projects and initial rents for Section 8 project based assistance.

2020 Fair Market Rents

Studio	One BR	Two BR	Three BR	Four BR
$633	$701	$905	$1,185	$1,395