Affordable Housing In Sauk Centre
Stearns County, Minnesota

Waiting Lists in Sauk Centre, Minnesota

There are no open Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting lists in Sauk Centre. Go to the Minnesota Section 8 Waiting Lists page for openings near Sauk Centre.

Public Housing Agencies Serving Sauk Centre, Minnesota

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.

Waiting lists for project-based assistance, like the Public Housing program, are open:

• Stearns County HRA Public Housing is currently open for new applications.

Sauk Centre, Minnesota Affordable Housing Data

Income Based Apartments in Sauk Centre, Minnesota

Sauk Centre features 124 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 Sauk Centre, Minnesota

There are 48 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Sauk Centre.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Sauk Centre, Minnesota

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Sauk Centre, Minnesota for a two-bedroom apartment is between $875 and $1,069.

2023 Sauk Centre, Minnesota 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.

Sauk Centre, MN Affordable Housing Snapshot

Population and Household Demographics

Sauk Centre is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota with a population of 4,331. There are 1,888 households in the city with an average household size of 2.24 persons. 41.42% of households in Sauk Centre are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Sauk Centre

The median gross income for households in Sauk Centre is $50,476 a year, or $4,206 a month. The median rent for the city is $527 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Sauk Centre, a household making less than $1,757 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent. 39.51% of households who rent are overburdened in Sauk Centre.

Area Median Income In Sauk Centre

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 Sauk Centre, the AMI is calculated from all households within Stearns County.

In Sauk Centre, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $88,500

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 Sauk Centre

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 Sauk Centre