Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Brooklyn Park, MD

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The Greens at Hammonds Lane

602 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park, Maryland 21225

calendar_today Opened: Jul 15
Open Until Further Notice

Reported On February 23rd, 2024 by Lorena Bentley

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Brooklyn Park, Maryland
$36.80/hour
$21.80 (+145%) more than Maryland minimum wage and $29.55 (+408%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Brooklyn Park, Maryland?

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, Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) programs for Brooklyn Park, Maryland.

Go to the Maryland Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Brooklyn Park.

How many renters live in Brooklyn Park, Maryland?

The City of Brooklyn Park has 15,902 people living in 5,495 households.

There are 2,369 renters living in 1,030 renter households in this City. Renters make up 14.9 percent of the population living in Brooklyn Park.

What is the rental market like in Brooklyn Park, Maryland?

There are an estimated 5,984 housing units in the Brooklyn Park area. Of these, 1,403 units are rental homes, making up 23 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Brooklyn Park, Maryland, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Brooklyn Park?

The rental vacancy rate in Brooklyn Park is 27 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 Brooklyn Park for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Brooklyn Park
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 257 274 398 53
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Brooklyn Park

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

Among renter households in this market, 48 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 12 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 Brooklyn Park

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $1,379 to $2,849. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $1,379
One BR $1,582
Two BR $1,943
Three BR $2,519
Four BR $2,849
2024 Fair Market Rents in Brooklyn Park, Maryland

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

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 146 57 percent
Two BR 233 85 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Brooklyn Park, Maryland

How many affordable rental units are in Brooklyn Park?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Brooklyn Park, Maryland including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 161
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Brooklyn Park, Maryland

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

Income Based Apartments in Brooklyn Park, Maryland

Brooklyn Park features 0 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 Brooklyn Park, Maryland

There are 90 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Brooklyn Park.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Brooklyn Park, Maryland

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Brooklyn Park landlords $900 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $500 towards rent in Brooklyn Park.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Brooklyn Park, Maryland for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,749 and $2,137.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.