Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Mansfield, LA

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The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Mansfield, 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 Mansfield, 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 Mansfield, Louisiana.

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

How many renters live in Mansfield, Louisiana?

The City of Mansfield has 4,675 people living in 1,721 households.

There are 1,875 renters living in 793 renter households in this City. Renters make up 40.11 percent of the population living in Mansfield.

What is the rental market like in Mansfield, Louisiana?

There are an estimated 2,079 housing units in the Mansfield area. Of these, 862 units are rental homes, making up 41 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Mansfield, Louisiana, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Mansfield?

The rental vacancy rate in Mansfield is 8 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 Mansfield for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Mansfield
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 181 167 370 75
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Mansfield

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

Among renter households in this market, 51 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 Mansfield

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 Mansfield, Louisiana

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

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
One BR 181 100 percent
Two BR 167 100 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Mansfield, Louisiana

How many affordable rental units are in Mansfield?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 120
Public Housing 96
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 129
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 132
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Mansfield, Louisiana

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

Income Based Apartments in Mansfield, Louisiana

Mansfield features 418 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 Mansfield, Louisiana

There are 166 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Mansfield.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Mansfield, Louisiana

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

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

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.