Section 8 apartments for rent in queens

Public Housing Agencies Serving Queens County, New York

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.

Guide To Affordable Housing in Queens County, New York

There are 15 low income housing apartment communities offering 2,774 affordable apartments for rent in Queens County, New York.

Queens County features 1,556 income based apartments. Tenants of income based apartments typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent and utilities.

There are 1,060 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Queens County.

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Queens County landlords $1,100 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $500 towards rent in Queens County.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Queens County, New York for a two-bedroom apartment is between $2,206 and $2,696.

Fair Market Rents can be used to better understand the average housing costs of an area. Fair Market Rents are used by HUD to establish payment and rent standards for federal rental assistance programs like the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.

Queens County, NY Affordable Housing Snapshot

Population and Household Demographics

Queens County is a county in New York with a population of 2,301,139. There are 780,644 households in the county with an average household size of 2.91 persons. 56.37% of households in Queens County are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Queens County

The median gross income for households in Queens County is $57,720 a year, or $4,810 a month. The median rent for the county is $1,367 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Queens County, a household making less than $4,557 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent. 53.19% of households who rent are overburdened in Queens County.

Area Median Income In Queens County

Affordable housing program eligibility is always determined by one's income. Each household's income is compared to the incomes of all other households in the area. This is accomplished through a statistic established by the government called the Area Median Income, most often referred to as AMI. The AMI is calculated and published each year by HUD.

In Queens County, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $94,500

Most affordable housing programs determine eligibility based on the percent of AMI a given household's income is. Among the programs that determine eligibility based on the AMI are Section 8, HOME, LIHTC, Section 515, 202 and 811.

Rental Assistance in Queens County

Rental assistance is a type of housing subsidy that pays for a portion of a renter’s monthly housing costs, including rent and tenant paid utilities. This housing assistance can come in the form of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, project-based Section 8 contracts, public housing, USDA Rental Assistance (in Section 515 properties) as well as HUD Section 202 and 811 properties for elderly and disabled households.

Income Qualifications for HUD Rental Assistance in Queens County