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

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Perlo Ridge III

50 Powell Ln, Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania 17047

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania
$21.99/hour
$14.74 (+203%) more than Pennsylvania minimum wage and $14.74 (+203%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Loyalhanna, 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 Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania.

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

How many renters live in Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania?

The City of Loyalhanna has 3,436 people living in 1,585 households.

There are 562 renters living in 342 renter households in this City. Renters make up 16.36 percent of the population living in Loyalhanna.

What is the rental market like in Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania?

There are an estimated 1,679 housing units in the Loyalhanna area. Of these, 342 units are rental homes, making up 20 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Loyalhanna?

The rental vacancy rate in Loyalhanna is 0 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 Loyalhanna for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Loyalhanna
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 50 144 125 0
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Loyalhanna

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

Among renter households in this market, 37 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 13 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 Loyalhanna

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $917 to $1,605. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $917
One BR $965
Two BR $1,161
Three BR $1,474
Four BR $1,605
2024 Fair Market Rents in Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania

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

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 50 100 percent
Two BR 93 65 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania

How many affordable rental units are in Loyalhanna?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Public Housing 49
Mod Rehab Project-Based Rental Assistance 11
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 3
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania

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

Income Based Apartments in Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania

Loyalhanna features 0 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 Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania

There are 20 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Loyalhanna.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,045 and $1,277.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.