; Low Income Apartments For Rent in Wounded Knee, SD

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Wounded Knee, South Dakota
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There are 0 low-income apartments in Wounded Knee that offer reduced rents to eligible households.

Rental assistance programs support 12 low-income homes in Wounded Knee where households pay rent based on how much they earn.

Affordable rent data for some communities last confirmed on October 30th, 2019. Subdsidized rents typically change once a year based on federal guidance.

Wounded Knee, South Dakota Affordable Housing Data

Income Based Apartments in Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Wounded Knee features 12 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 Wounded Knee, South Dakota

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

Housing Choice Vouchers in Wounded Knee, South Dakota

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

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.

Wounded Knee, SD Affordable Housing Snapshot

Total Affordable Apartment Properties 1
Total Low Income Apartments 12
Total Housing Units with Rental Assistance 12
Percentage of Housing Units Occupied By Renters 71.95%
Average Renter Household Size 7.10
Average Household Size 7.20
Median Household Income $0 ±$0
Median Rent $369 ±$230
Percentage Of Renters Overburdened 61.02% ± 36.96pp
Total Population 590

Population and Household Demographics

Wounded Knee is a city in Shannon County, South Dakota with a population of 590. There are 82 households in the city with an average household size of 7.20 persons. 71.95% of households in Wounded Knee are renters.

Income and Rent Overburden in Wounded Knee

The median gross income for households in Wounded Knee is $0 a year, or $0 a month. The median rent for the city is $369 a month.

Households who pay more than thirty percent of their gross income are considered to be Rent Overburdened. In Wounded Knee, a household making less than $1,230 a month would be considered overburdened when renting an apartment at or above the median rent. 61.02% of households who rent are overburdened in Wounded Knee.

Area Median Income In Wounded Knee

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 Wounded Knee, the AMI is calculated from all households within Shannon County.

In Wounded Knee, HUD calculates the Area Median Income for a family of four as $0

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 Wounded Knee

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.