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- Housingsearch.az.gov

Please visit https://housingsearch.az.gov/ or call 877-428-8844 – Dial 7-1-1 for TTY – Monday through Friday between 7:00 AM & 6:00 PM MST and a call center representative will provide a listing of subsidized and low-income based properties in Arizona.

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There are two Section 8 programs wherein the Arizona Public Housing Authority (APHA) has oversight or may offer assistance:

Housing Choice Voucher Program:

The APHA is the Housing Authority (HA) for Yavapai County. We only administer Housing Choice Vouchers for this County.  We do not own or manage any real property.  The Waiting List is closed for the APHA’s allotment of 89 Vouchers.  For information on the availability in other Counties/jurisdictions, you may contact the HA serving that area.  If you have a Housing Choice Voucher and you are seeking to move to Yavapai County, you must first obtain approval from your initiating HA, then contact the APHA when you intend to move.  For a listing of HA’s in Arizona, you may contact the Arizona Department of Housing. 

Project-Based Rental Assistance:

The APHA is the Contract Administrator for the State for Arizona for a portfolio of Project-Based Section 8 properties around the state.  The portfolio consists of approximately 8,000 units.  We do not own or manage any of these properties.  Each property is owned/managed by private Owner/Agents and each property has a Housing Assistance Payments Contract with HUD.  The APHA administers these contracts for HUD.  For information on the availability of affordable housing at these properties, you will need to contact each property individually.  For HUD’s listing of affordable housing in Arizona, you may visit HUD’s website and/or contact the Arizona Department of Housing.

Affordable Housing In Phoenix Maricopa County, Arizona

181 Low Income Apartment Communities In Phoenix

Fillmore Gardens

802 N 22nd Pl

Phoenix, Arizona

Call For Rent

1 BR

Subsidized

Accessible

62+

Monroe Gardens

1441 E. Monroe St.

Phoenix, Arizona

Call For Rent

1-5 BR

Subsidized

Section 8 Vouchers, Apartments, and Waiting Lists in Phoenix, Arizona

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.

Households who qualify for these programs may also qualify for Project-Based Section 8, which contributes rental assistance payments directly to private landlords on behalf of low-income tenants. Eligibility for the project-based program is similar to the voucher programs, but waiting list and application policies will vary depending on the landlord.

Public Housing Agencies Serving Phoenix, Arizona

Guide To Affordable Housing in Phoenix, Arizona

There are 181 low income housing apartment communities offering 16,675 affordable apartments for rent in Phoenix, Arizona.

Phoenix features 7,721 income based apartments. Tenants of income based apartments typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent and utilities.

There are 8,629 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Phoenix.

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Phoenix landlords $700 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Phoenix.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Phoenix, Arizona for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,180 and $1,442.

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.

Phoenix, AZ Affordable Housing Snapshot

Population and Household Demographics

Phoenix is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona with a population of 1,514,208. There are 525,610 households in the city with an average household size of 2.85 persons. 47.02% of households in Phoenix are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Phoenix

The median gross income for households in Phoenix is $47,326 a year, or $3,944 a month. The median rent for the city is $884 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Phoenix, a household making less than $2,947 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent. 47.48% of households who rent are overburdened in Phoenix.

Area Median Income In Phoenix

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.

HUD often uses an area larger than a city to determine the AMI because HUD anticipates those searching for housing will look beyond individual cities during their housing search. For Phoenix, the AMI is calculated from all households within Maricopa County.

In Phoenix, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $88,800

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 Phoenix

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.

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