im lookin to find an Low income Apartment in Atlanta,GA im moving from Mississippi and tryin to find a place live. Low-income in Atlanta is suicide.
Your better off living about 40 miles from Atlanta where the prices for apartment rentals drop by nearly 30%.
I lived in Atlanta and I paid $1,200.00 a month for an apartment.
Needless to say I lived there six months before bailing out into a $680.00 a month apartment away from the heart of the City.
You have to make at least $40,000 a year gross to live in Atlanta just to get by. Any income under that your destined to crack under the rock of society.
On the other hand now there is the option of living with someone and share the rent to accomodate you or find a room like my friend did that are the back side of homes that have a shower, stove bed,small dining table with two chairs, small living room and that's it. It's not the greatest in the world, but when it comes to Atlanta it's a great way to start off the climb to success.
I visit him last week and where he lives is so cool. A very quite neighborhood, but at least its' a place to stay and the people he rents from are a very nice old couple that has been married for 50 years.
They don't bother him and he has his own drive way to the back of the house where his room is at.
The rent he pays are you ready for this? $300.00 a month...that's right 300.00 a month for his room and that includes the power and water. He has to pay for his own cable T.V. and he has a cell phone so he's in like flint.
Lasy year he ate Thanksgiving dinner with the couple and their relatives. He cuts the grass for them too when he has a chance and helps the old man do projects around the house on his off days and gets paid for it too.
Because of the gracious married couple..he has got the chance of a life time to move up the ladder. He just bought a new 2007 Acura and has been promoted to Manager on his job where he has been with them for 12 years. He recenlty graduated from College too. He desire and his drive to succeed in Atlanta has paid off.
He makes more money now and has been saving his money for his car and now he is going to buy a house. He doesn;t want to get married just yet, but he plans on marrying his fiance who works for the Atlanta Police Department.
He has lived there for six years and plans on buying a house next year.
The couple says he will be the last renter they rent that room too.
Their too old to deal with just anybody, but they gave one Man with a desire to become someone in Atalanta with a good job the opportunity and being he was in College gave him that boost.
So the moral here is that if you are determined to succeed in Atlanta you will and there are good people in Atlanta even though, you have low income that are willing to help you establish ground and gain speed quickly.
Anybody who comes to Atlanta with a $30,000 a year income will most likely bite the dust hard unless you meet a lively couple like Mike did that gave him hope and he is so ever gracious to them for them for allowing him to stay there.
The best part of this story is that their daughter worked for the Police Department and it's her parents house where she met Mike. I love telling this story to all my friends because it has a ring to it in some way and also helps others know that it doesn;t have to be bad...only if you make it that way and that's anywhere you live.
Peace out.
God Bless You and I wish you well in Atlanta. my familys from the crooked state, but to answer your question low income is almost going out the door in atlanta.
Atlanta is being pretty much being taking back by upper middle class socity. you may be able to find something low income in the chamblee-tucker area but other then that your looking at no less then $520 a month to stay in the A-town and thats for a one bed room :( Depending on your circumstances you may find some public housing but much of that is now specifically for elderly and disabled people. If you fall in that category there are some really nice places in metro Atlanta.
For section 8 housing contact GA department of community affairs. Applications are taken on a county by county basis once or twice a year. For much of Atlanta this is the time. http://www.section8programs.com/atlantag... for an online application.
For info on other low income housing try http://lihtc.huduser.org
Depending on your needs and exactly where you want to live you may find that there is more availability in the suburbs than in the city proper.
GA has many manufactured housing (trailer) communities and many manufactuired housing units on private land. These are often less expensive than apartments. For example a repo singlewide 2-3 br on land can start at $500-1000 down and run $400 -500 a month and you own it not rent it. I have no idea if this is in your price range but if so ads in www.americanclassifieds.com
www.mustministries.org/cherokee/aboutu... is the website for M.U.S.T.ministries which probably has as much info on low income housing as anyone in metro Atlanta. You may want to contact them. They are closer to the city than we are. | 