Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Franklin County, PA

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The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Franklin County, Pennsylvania
$21.78/hour
$14.53 (+200%) more than Pennsylvania minimum wage and $14.53 (+200%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Franklin County, 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, Homeownership Voucher, Family Self-Sufficiency, Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) programs for Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

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

How many renters live in Franklin County, Pennsylvania?

The County of Franklin County has 156,902 people living in 64,960 households.

There are 35,173 renters living in 16,984 renter households in this County. Renters make up 22.42 percent of the population living in Franklin County.

What is the rental market like in Franklin County, Pennsylvania?

There are an estimated 66,443 housing units in the Franklin County area. Of these, 17,723 units are rental homes, making up 27 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Franklin County?

The rental vacancy rate in Franklin County is 4 percent. This is a lower than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are low there are fewer available units. Rents tend to be higher as more people compete for scarce housing.

How many rental units are in Franklin County for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Franklin County
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
503 2,863 6,641 5,687 982
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Franklin County

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

Among renter households in this market, 39 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 17 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 Franklin County

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $914 to $1,719. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $914
One BR $920
Two BR $1,150
Three BR $1,529
Four BR $1,719
2024 Fair Market Rents in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

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

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 369 73 percent
One BR 2,034 71 percent
Two BR 4,152 63 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

How many affordable rental units are in Franklin County?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 729
Public Housing 364
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 361
Section 236 Rental Assistance 17
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 26
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 547
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

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

Income Based Apartments in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Franklin County features 2,505 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 Franklin County, Pennsylvania

There are 529 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Franklin County.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Franklin County landlords $500 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Franklin County.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Franklin County, Pennsylvania for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,035 and $1,265.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.