Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Scooba, MS

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Birch Apartments CO Southern Mgmt Group Inc

Sanders St, Scooba, Mississippi 39358

Foxwood Apartments

2nd St, Scooba, Mississippi 39358

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Scooba, Mississippi
$17.10/hour
$9.85 (+136%) more than Mississippi minimum wage and $9.85 (+136%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Scooba, Mississippi?

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 programs for Scooba, Mississippi.

Go to the Mississippi Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Scooba.

How many renters live in Scooba, Mississippi?

The City of Scooba has 717 people living in 114 households.

There are 166 renters living in 62 renter households in this City. Renters make up 23.15 percent of the population living in Scooba.

What is the rental market like in Scooba, Mississippi?

There are an estimated 169 housing units in the Scooba area. Of these, 76 units are rental homes, making up 45 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Scooba, Mississippi, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Scooba?

The rental vacancy rate in Scooba is 9 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 Scooba for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Scooba
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
16 3 24 17 2
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Scooba

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

Among renter households in this market, 44 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 10 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 Scooba

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $738 to $1,219. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $738
One BR $742
Two BR $903
Three BR $1,214
Four BR $1,219
2024 Fair Market Rents in Scooba, Mississippi

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

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
Studio 16 100 percent
One BR 0 100 percent
Two BR 18 75 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Scooba, Mississippi

How many affordable rental units are in Scooba?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Scooba, Mississippi including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 20
Public Housing 29
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Scooba, Mississippi

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

Income Based Apartments in Scooba, Mississippi

Scooba features 32 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 Scooba, Mississippi

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Scooba, Mississippi

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Scooba, Mississippi for a two-bedroom apartment is between $813 and $993.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.