Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Rock Hall, MD

Discover affordable housing in Rock Hall where there are 2+ housing opportunities based on income and household needs like accessible units for seniors or persons with disabilities. Find and apply to these low income apartments now.

Brittany Bay

21390 Brittany Bay Dr., Rock Hall, Maryland 21661

Rockhall Elderly Housing

5795 Chesapeake Villa Rd, Rock Hall, Maryland 21661

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Rock Hall, Maryland
$24.03/hour
$9.03 (+60%) more than Maryland minimum wage and $16.78 (+232%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Rock Hall, 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), Family Self-Sufficiency, Homeownership, Section 8 HCV Money Follows the Person (MFP) programs for Rock Hall, Maryland.

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

How many renters live in Rock Hall, Maryland?

The City of Rock Hall has 1,456 people living in 709 households.

There are 394 renters living in 194 renter households in this City. Renters make up 27.06 percent of the population living in Rock Hall.

What is the rental market like in Rock Hall, Maryland?

There are an estimated 1,012 housing units in the Rock Hall area. Of these, 219 units are rental homes, making up 22 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Rock Hall, Maryland, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Rock Hall?

The rental vacancy rate in Rock Hall 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 Rock Hall for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Rock Hall
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 63 74 51 6
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Rock Hall

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

Among renter households in this market, 38 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 15 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 Rock Hall

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $1,100 to $2,153. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $1,100
One BR $1,111
Two BR $1,269
Three BR $1,699
Four BR $2,153
2024 Fair Market Rents in Rock Hall, Maryland

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

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 56 89 percent
Two BR 47 64 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Rock Hall, Maryland

How many affordable rental units are in Rock Hall?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 38
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 40
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Rock Hall, Maryland

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

Income Based Apartments in Rock Hall, Maryland

Rock Hall features 70 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 Rock Hall, Maryland

There are 0 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Rock Hall.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Rock Hall, Maryland

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Rock Hall landlords $0 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $0 towards rent in Rock Hall.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Rock Hall, Maryland for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,142 and $1,396.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.