Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Bossier City, LA

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The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Bossier City, Louisiana
$20.32/hour
$13.07 (+180%) more than Louisiana minimum wage and $13.07 (+180%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Bossier City, Louisiana?

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 Bossier City, Louisiana.
Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Homeownership Voucher, Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) programs for Bossier City, Louisiana.

Go to the Louisiana Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Bossier City.

How many renters live in Bossier City, Louisiana?

The City of Bossier City has 62,971 people living in 24,439 households.

There are 27,787 renters living in 11,270 renter households in this City. Renters make up 44.13 percent of the population living in Bossier City.

What is the rental market like in Bossier City, Louisiana?

There are an estimated 27,931 housing units in the Bossier City area. Of these, 12,838 units are rental homes, making up 46 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Bossier City, Louisiana, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Bossier City?

The rental vacancy rate in Bossier City is 11 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 Bossier City for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Bossier City
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
333 2,583 3,775 3,628 943
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Bossier City

A large number of apartments in Bossier City 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 Bossier City 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 Bossier City

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $779 to $1,486. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $779
One BR $927
Two BR $1,073
Three BR $1,358
Four BR $1,486
2024 Fair Market Rents in Bossier City, Louisiana

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

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 179 54 percent
One BR 1,682 65 percent
Two BR 2,119 56 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Bossier City, Louisiana

How many affordable rental units are in Bossier City?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Bossier City, Louisiana including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 780
Public Housing 435
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 360
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 22
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Bossier City, Louisiana

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

Income Based Apartments in Bossier City, Louisiana

Bossier City features 827 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 Bossier City, Louisiana

There are 458 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Bossier City.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Bossier City, Louisiana

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Bossier City, Louisiana for a two-bedroom apartment is between $966 and $1,180.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.