Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Shelby, OH

What HUD offices serve Shelby, Ohio?

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.

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

How many renters live in Shelby, Ohio?

The City of Shelby has 8,360 people living in 3,483 households.

There are 3,036 renters living in 1,332 renter households in this City. Renters make up 36.32 percent of the population living in Shelby.

What is the rental market like in Shelby, Ohio?

There are an estimated 3,755 housing units in the Shelby area. Of these, 1,448 units are rental homes, making up 39 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Shelby, Ohio, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Shelby?

The rental vacancy rate in Shelby is 8 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 Shelby for each bedroom size?

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

Among renter households in this market, 42 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 25 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 Shelby

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $609 to $1,355. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

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

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:

How many affordable rental units are in Shelby?

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

Income Based Apartments in Shelby, Ohio

Shelby features 206 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 Shelby, Ohio

There are 82 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Shelby.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Shelby, Ohio

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Shelby landlords $400 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Shelby.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Shelby, Ohio for a two-bedroom apartment is between $774 and $946.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.