Public Housing Agencies Serving Langley 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.

Langley Park, Maryland Affordable Housing Data

Income Based Apartments in Langley Park, Maryland

Langley 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 Langley Park, Maryland

There are 117 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Langley Park.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Langley Park, Maryland

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Langley Park landlords $1,300 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $500 towards rent in Langley Park.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Langley Park, Maryland for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,654 and $2,022.

2023 Langley Park, Maryland Fair Market Rents and Housing Choice Voucher Payment Standards

Fair Market Rents can be used to better understand the average housing costs of an area. Fair Market Rents are used by HUD to establish payment and rent standards for federal rental assistance programs like the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.

Langley Park, MD Affordable Housing Snapshot

Total Affordable Apartment Properties	1
Total Low Income Apartments	117
Total Housing Units with Rental Assistance	0
Percentage of Housing Units Occupied By Renters	73.27%
Average Renter Household Size	4.13
Average Household Size	3.97
Median Household Income	$56,875 ±$2,638
Median Rent	$1,235 ±$30
Percentage Of Renters Overburdened	47.43% ± 6.24pp
Total Population	21,049

Population and Household Demographics

Langley Park is a city in Prince Georges County, Maryland with a population of 21,049. There are 5,275 households in the city with an average household size of 3.97 persons. 73.27% of households in Langley Park are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Langley Park

The median gross income for households in Langley Park is $56,875 a year, or $4,740 a month. The median rent for the city is $1,235 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Langley Park, a household making less than $4,117 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent. 47.43% of households who rent are overburdened in Langley Park.

Area Median Income In Langley Park

Affordable housing program eligibility is always determined by one's income. Each household's income is compared to the incomes of all other households in the area. This is accomplished through a statistic established by the government called the Area Median Income, most often referred to as AMI. The AMI is calculated and published each year by HUD.

HUD often uses an area larger than a city to determine the AMI because HUD anticipates those searching for housing will look beyond individual cities during their housing search. For Langley Park, the AMI is calculated from all households within Prince Georges County.

In Langley Park, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $152,100

Most affordable housing programs determine eligibility based on the percent of AMI a given household's income is. Among the programs that determine eligibility based on the AMI are Section 8, HOME, LIHTC, Section 515, 202 and 811.

Rental Assistance in Langley Park

Rental assistance is a type of housing subsidy that pays for a portion of a renter’s monthly housing costs, including rent and tenant paid utilities. This housing assistance can come in the form of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, project-based Section 8 contracts, public housing, USDA Rental Assistance (in Section 515 properties) as well as HUD Section 202 and 811 properties for elderly and disabled households.

Income Qualifications for HUD Rental Assistance in Langley Park