Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Cedar Vale, KS

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Cedar Apartments

602 Wabash St, Cedar Vale, Kansas 67024

Open Until Further Notice

Reported On February 23rd, 2024 by Nathan Brunet

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Cedar Vale, Kansas
$16.70/hour
$9.45 (+130%) more than Kansas minimum wage and $9.45 (+130%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Cedar Vale, Kansas?

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), Mainstream Voucher programs for Cedar Vale, Kansas.

Go to the Kansas Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Cedar Vale.

How many renters live in Cedar Vale, Kansas?

The City of Cedar Vale has 593 people living in 234 households.

There are 112 renters living in 73 renter households in this City. Renters make up 18.89 percent of the population living in Cedar Vale.

What is the rental market like in Cedar Vale, Kansas?

There are an estimated 357 housing units in the Cedar Vale area. Of these, 73 units are rental homes, making up 20 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Cedar Vale, Kansas, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Cedar Vale?

The rental vacancy rate in Cedar Vale is 0 percent. This is a lower than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are low there are fewer available units. Rents tend to be higher as more people compete for scarce housing.

How many rental units are in Cedar Vale for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Cedar Vale
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
10 31 14 18 0
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Cedar Vale

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

Among renter households in this market, 22 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 8 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 Cedar Vale

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $633 to $1,244. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $633
One BR $671
Two BR $882
Three BR $1,183
Four BR $1,244
2024 Fair Market Rents in Cedar Vale, Kansas

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

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 3 30 percent
One BR 29 94 percent
Two BR 14 100 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Cedar Vale, Kansas

How many affordable rental units are in Cedar Vale?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Cedar Vale, Kansas including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 16
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 16
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Cedar Vale, Kansas

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

Income Based Apartments in Cedar Vale, Kansas

Cedar Vale 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 Cedar Vale, Kansas

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Cedar Vale, Kansas

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Cedar Vale, Kansas for a two-bedroom apartment is between $794 and $970.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.