Public Housing Agencies Serving Temple Hills, 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.

Temple Hills, Maryland Affordable Housing Data

Income Based Apartments in Temple Hills, Maryland

Temple Hills features 127 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 Temple Hills, Maryland

There are 323 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Temple Hills.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Temple Hills, Maryland

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Temple Hills landlords $1,200 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $500 towards rent in Temple Hills.

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

2023 Temple Hills, 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.

Temple Hills, MD Affordable Housing Snapshot

Total Affordable Apartment Properties	8
Total Low Income Apartments	450
Total Housing Units with Rental Assistance	127
Percentage of Housing Units Occupied By Renters	70.27%
Average Renter Household Size	2.45
Average Household Size	2.58
Median Household Income	$64,399 ±$5,634
Median Rent	$1,285 ±$48
Percentage Of Renters Overburdened	43.51% ± 7.57pp
Total Population	8,023

Population and Household Demographics

Temple Hills is a city in Prince Georges County, Maryland with a population of 8,023. There are 3,101 households in the city with an average household size of 2.58 persons. 70.27% of households in Temple Hills are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Temple Hills

The median gross income for households in Temple Hills is $64,399 a year, or $5,367 a month. The median rent for the city is $1,285 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Temple Hills, a household making less than $4,283 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent. 43.51% of households who rent are overburdened in Temple Hills.

Area Median Income In Temple Hills

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 Temple Hills, the AMI is calculated from all households within Prince Georges County.

In Temple Hills, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $142,300

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 Temple Hills

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 Temple Hills