Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Coaldale, PA

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Colonial Square Apartments

45 W Phillips St, Coaldale, Pennsylvania 18218

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Coaldale, Pennsylvania
$16.25/hour
$9.00 (+124%) more than Pennsylvania minimum wage and $9.00 (+124%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Coaldale, Pennsylvania?

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 Coaldale, Pennsylvania.

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

How many renters live in Coaldale, Pennsylvania?

The City of Coaldale has 2,314 people living in 929 households.

There are 452 renters living in 200 renter households in this City. Renters make up 19.53 percent of the population living in Coaldale.

What is the rental market like in Coaldale, Pennsylvania?

There are an estimated 1,127 housing units in the Coaldale area. Of these, 294 units are rental homes, making up 26 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Coaldale, Pennsylvania, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Coaldale?

The rental vacancy rate in Coaldale is 30 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 Coaldale for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Coaldale
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 59 31 89 15
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Coaldale

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

Among renter households in this market, 49 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 32 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 Coaldale

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $663 to $1,203. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $663
One BR $663
Two BR $858
Three BR $1,129
Four BR $1,203
2024 Fair Market Rents in Coaldale, Pennsylvania

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

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
One BR 53 90 percent
Two BR 0 100 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Coaldale, Pennsylvania

How many affordable rental units are in Coaldale?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 25
Public Housing 48
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Coaldale, Pennsylvania

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

Income Based Apartments in Coaldale, Pennsylvania

Coaldale features 25 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 Coaldale, Pennsylvania

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Coaldale, Pennsylvania

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Coaldale, Pennsylvania for a two-bedroom apartment is between $772 and $944.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.