Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Great Bend, KS

Discover affordable housing in Great Bend where there are 13+ housing opportunities based on income and household needs like accessible units for seniors or persons with disabilities. Find and apply to these low income apartments now.

Cedar Park Place

3910 Cedar Park Pl, Great Bend, Kansas 67530

Quail Cove

6009 Eisenhower Ave, Great Bend, Kansas 67530

The Reserves at Trail Ridge

811 Grant St, Great Bend, Kansas 67530

Great Bend High Rise

1101 Kansas Ave, Great Bend, Kansas 67530

Kensington Square

2611 B 29th St, Great Bend, Kansas 64128

Creekside Place

2012 32nd St, Great Bend, Kansas 67530

Northglenn Apartments

3104 Williams St, Great Bend, Kansas 67530

Sunflower Housing

5957 Eisenhower Ave, Great Bend, Kansas 67530

Cheyenne Village

5900 Eisenhower Ct, Great Bend, Kansas 67530

Walnut Creek Apartments

2314 31st St, Great Bend, Kansas 67530

Cherry Village II

1401 Cherry Lane, Great Bend, Kansas

Cherry Village I Mid America Mgmt

1401 Cherry Lane, Great Bend, Kansas

Coolidge Plaza Apartments

717 Coolidge St, Great Bend, Kansas 67530

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Great Bend, 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 Great Bend, 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), Public Housing programs for Great Bend, Kansas.

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

How many renters live in Great Bend, Kansas?

The City of Great Bend has 14,725 people living in 5,721 households.

There are 5,645 renters living in 2,328 renter households in this City. Renters make up 38.34 percent of the population living in Great Bend.

What is the rental market like in Great Bend, Kansas?

There are an estimated 7,092 housing units in the Great Bend area. Of these, 2,635 units are rental homes, making up 37 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Great Bend, Kansas, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Great Bend?

The rental vacancy rate in Great Bend is 12 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 Great Bend for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Great Bend
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
11 490 1,187 545 64
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Great Bend

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

Among renter households in this market, 40 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 13 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 Great Bend

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $633 to $1,388. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $633
One BR $719
Two BR $882
Three BR $1,243
Four BR $1,388
2024 Fair Market Rents in Great Bend, Kansas

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

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 11 100 percent
One BR 371 76 percent
Two BR 786 66 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Great Bend, Kansas

How many affordable rental units are in Great Bend?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 198
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 77
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 62
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Great Bend, Kansas

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

Income Based Apartments in Great Bend, Kansas

Great Bend features 269 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 Great Bend, Kansas

There are 101 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Great Bend.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Great Bend, Kansas

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

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

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.