Low Income Apartments In Crook County
Oregon

Low Income Apartments In Crook County

There are 5 low income housing apartment complexes which contain 146 affordable apartments for rent in Crook County, Oregon. Many of these rental apartments are income based housing with about 58 apartments that set rent based on your income. Often referred to as "HUD apartments", there are 22 Project-Based Section 8 subsidized apartments in Crook County. There are 88 other low income apartments that don't have rental assistance but are still considered to be affordable housing for low income families.

Housing Authorities that serve Crook County

Guide To Affordable Housing in Crook County, Oregon

Crook County, OR Affordable Housing Snapshot

Population and Household Demographics

Crook County is a County in Oregon with a population of 20,956. There are 9,079 households in the county with an average household size of 2.29 persons. 31.35% of households in Crook County are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Crook County

The median gross income for households in Crook County is $37,106 a year, or $3,092 a month. The median rent for the county is $771 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Crook County, a household making less than $2,570 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent. 47.47% of households who rent are overburdened in Crook County.¹

Area Median Income In Crook County

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.

In Crook County, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $53,700

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 Crook County

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 Crook County HUD Rental Assistance in Crook County

Low Income Housing Tax Credits in Crook County

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program aims to create affordable rental housing for low and very low income families.

From 1997 to 2003, 2 low income apartment communities containing 80 rental apartments have been constructed and made affordable to low income persons in Crook County by the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program.

If your income is less than 60% of the Area Median Income (AMI), you should not expect to pay more than the rent value for a unit in the table below. However, Affordable apartment communities that receive funding through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program may have rental units that are not subject to income and rent limits.

Rent limits for the LIHTC Program are determined so that a household making the maximum income for the expected household size of the unit would only pay 30% of their income for rent.

Income Qualifications for Low Income Housing Tax Credit Apartments in Crook County

For example, the expected household size for a two bedroom apartment is 3 people. Using the table above, the maximum income for a 3 person household at 60% of the AMI in Crook County is $29,580 a year, or $2,465 a month. To determine the maximum rent in the table below we multiply the monthly maximum income, $2,465 by 30% to get a maximum rent of $740 a month.

Rent for units in the LIHTC Program include a utility allowance which is determined by the average monthly cost of utilities paid directly by residents. This allowance has not been subtracted from the rents in the table below. These utility allowances are set on a property by property basis.

Fair Market Rents in Crook County

Fair Market Rents, often abbreviated as FMR, can be used to better understand the average housing costs of an area. Notably, Fair Market Rents are used to establish the payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher Program, maximum rents in HOME financed rental projects and initial rents for Section 8 project based assistance.

2019 Fair Market Rents