Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Keystone, SD

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Keystone Elderly Housing

402 Mitchell St, Keystone, South Dakota 57751

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Open Until Further Notice

Reported On April 4th, 2024 by Lorena Bentley

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Keystone, South Dakota
$22.03/hour
$10.83 (+97%) more than South Dakota minimum wage and $14.78 (+204%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Keystone, South Dakota?

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 Keystone, South Dakota.

Go to the South Dakota Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Keystone.

How many renters live in Keystone, South Dakota?

The City of Keystone has 385 people living in 138 households.

There are 115 renters living in 48 renter households in this City. Renters make up 29.87 percent of the population living in Keystone.

What is the rental market like in Keystone, South Dakota?

There are an estimated 217 housing units in the Keystone area. Of these, 48 units are rental homes, making up 22 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Keystone, South Dakota, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Keystone?

The rental vacancy rate in Keystone 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 Keystone for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Keystone
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 14 17 16 1
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Keystone

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

Among renter households in this market, 21 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 6 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 Keystone

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $788 to $1,781. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $788
One BR $886
Two BR $1,163
Three BR $1,592
Four BR $1,781
2024 Fair Market Rents in Keystone, South Dakota

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

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 11 79 percent
Two BR 4 24 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Keystone, South Dakota

How many affordable rental units are in Keystone?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Keystone, South Dakota including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 8
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Keystone, South Dakota

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

Income Based Apartments in Keystone, South Dakota

Keystone features 8 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 Keystone, South Dakota

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Keystone, South Dakota

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Keystone, South Dakota for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,047 and $1,279.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.