Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Wichita, KS

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The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Wichita, Kansas
$19.26/hour
$12.01 (+166%) more than Kansas minimum wage and $12.01 (+166%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Wichita, 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, Homeownership Voucher, Family Self-Sufficiency, Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), Mainstream Voucher programs for Wichita, Kansas.
Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs for Wichita, Kansas.

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

How many renters live in Wichita, Kansas?

The City of Wichita has 396,205 people living in 157,146 households.

There are 137,071 renters living in 60,738 renter households in this City. Renters make up 34.6 percent of the population living in Wichita.

What is the rental market like in Wichita, Kansas?

There are an estimated 177,646 housing units in the Wichita area. Of these, 65,341 units are rental homes, making up 37 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Wichita, Kansas, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Wichita?

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

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Wichita
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
3,817 16,419 21,558 15,104 2,766
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Wichita

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

Among renter households in this market, 48 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 24 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 Wichita

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $689 to $1,639. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $689
One BR $774
Two BR $1,017
Three BR $1,339
Four BR $1,639
2024 Fair Market Rents in Wichita, Kansas

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

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 1,901 50 percent
One BR 8,955 55 percent
Two BR 13,830 64 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Wichita, Kansas

How many affordable rental units are in Wichita?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 4,446
Public Housing 352
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 1,316
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 373
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 56
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Wichita, Kansas

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

Income Based Apartments in Wichita, Kansas

Wichita features 2,158 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 Wichita, Kansas

There are 3,855 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Wichita.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Wichita, Kansas

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Wichita, Kansas for a two-bedroom apartment is between $915 and $1,119.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.