Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Angelina County, TX

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The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Angelina County, Texas
$20.34/hour
$13.09 (+181%) more than Texas minimum wage and $13.09 (+181%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Angelina County, Texas?

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), Homeownership Voucher, Family Self-Sufficiency programs for Angelina County, Texas.

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

How many renters live in Angelina County, Texas?

The County of Angelina County has 87,101 people living in 34,276 households.

There are 27,407 renters living in 12,574 renter households in this County. Renters make up 31.47 percent of the population living in Angelina County.

What is the rental market like in Angelina County, Texas?

There are an estimated 36,619 housing units in the Angelina County area. Of these, 12,220 units are rental homes, making up 33 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Angelina County, Texas, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Angelina County?

The rental vacancy rate in Angelina County is 8 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 Angelina County for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Angelina County
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
571 2,069 3,648 4,187 636
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Angelina County

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

Among renter households in this market, 40 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 22 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 Angelina County

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $891 to $1,430. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $891
One BR $935
Two BR $1,074
Three BR $1,361
Four BR $1,430
2024 Fair Market Rents in Angelina County, Texas

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in Angelina 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 331 58 percent
One BR 1,377 67 percent
Two BR 2,045 56 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Angelina County, Texas

How many affordable rental units are in Angelina County?

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

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 923
Public Housing 360
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 216
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 27
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 14
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 40
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Angelina County, Texas

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

Income Based Apartments in Angelina County, Texas

Angelina County features 235 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 Angelina County, Texas

There are 713 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Angelina County.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Angelina County, Texas

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

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Angelina County, Texas for a two-bedroom apartment is between $967 and $1,181.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.