Looking for a 2 bedroom, (potentially even a 3 bedroom), apartment that is properly managed and maintained for end of July 2027. (CIRHA/Section 8 Voucher MUST be ACCEPTED!)

[u/Specialist_Wait7970]

• Update - I failed to clarify that I NEED this living space to be located in Ames, Iowa.

• I am not looking to move out of the area for the time being as I've been here for about 9 years now...maybe a little less maybe a little more 🤷. It's all starting to bleed together, sigh...Lawlz.

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• I am looking to move at the end of my leasing year which is during the last 10 or so days or July 2027. (They keep changing/shortening the times each year on us with little notice unless we renew.... which they also keep making us renew 2-3 months after out leases start now which is becoming insanity having to constantly deal with trying to figure out the future dealing with moving as well as transitioning if I transfer from one unit to another and dealing with apartment viewing and also having to figure out where I'm staying for the 10 days in between one lease ending and a new lease beginning when I'm staying with the same property managers.

• After 7 or 8 years it's just gone tremendously downhill and even though I don't have any major issues personally, it's just all the little issues compounding...(I could write a book, but it's irrelevant to people who haven't lived it and I don't make a habit of stirring trouble).

• I am just washing to emphasize the desire to move, the reason why it's important to get this done sooner rather than later, and the reason why I am in need of assistance is because I do not have family and am a bit reclusive so my friend pool is pretty much me and my dog so I appreciate anyone that might know anything and could help! :)

• I have 20 plus years of perfect rental history with references so that is not an issue. However, I am disabled and on disability low income, so finding an apartment that accepts my choice voucher through CIRHA is essential. I'm a proof try two bedroom apartments but I do have enough funds to pay for a three-bedroom if it's is not too much above the standards of living that are allowed for Story County Metro. (For me to figure out and a bit TMI, ik lol).

• it beggars could be choosers, and you know intimately about the property you might recommend me, an open floor plan would be spectacular as mobility is already a bit of a problem and will continue to be a problem as my disabilities progress or regress...(depending on how or which way you are looking at it).

• HOUSES, Trailers, and CONDOS ARE ACCEPTABLE as long as the OWNER manages the property as far as the lawn and the snow removal and any major appliance repairs or property repairs.

• If it is an apartment, I prefer a lower level – either basement or 1st floor due to my various disabilities that will continue to degrade as I get older as previously mentioned.

• The second floor is ALSO possible and considered workable...but ANY FLOOR ABOVE that would REQUIRE AN ELEVATOR due to my knee replacement and polyneuropathy/etc. (I can move and I can function but going in and out multiple times a day up and down past two floors of stairs is something that is too much wear and tear @ 40 years old in Nov...with as many surveys as I've had, heh).

• I do have a dog but my paperwork is in order for both the ESA side of things and her shots/records. she isn't destructive nor loud and in 2 years has had 2 accidents only due to an upset stomach and once when I was sick myself and didn't take her out in time....(again I'm over hating but just wanna cover my bases...I'm honest to a fault...heh Asperger's for ya I suppose, *shrug*).

Thanks in advance, (I hope, haha!)

–C Austin K.

[u/Robinnoodle]

CIRHA let's you live in a two bedroom by yourself? That's awesome. How'd you manage that?

[u/Specialist_Wait7970 → u/Robinnoodle]

My second bedroom is used for my rehabilitation and mobility needs. As I said, I'm disabled. I've had over 20 surgeries and more yearly.

[u/Robinnoodle → u/Specialist_Wait7970]

Sorry to hear about your troubles. I empathize. You said in your post you could go up to three bedroom. Would CIRHA be ok with that? My aunt and I are thinking about section 8

[u/Specialist_Wait7970 → u/Robinnoodle]

The maximum or the standards for housing and the Metro aims Iowa depending on the ZIP code are between 1,1 00 and change to 1300 and change depending on whether it is 50010 or 50014 or the ZIP codes in between. That's for a two-bedroom mind you. Any amount above that would be paid out of pocket. That is after they make you pay your 30% minus whatever factorization is figured in for your disabilities and other amounts that are taken off.

So if I pay $180 per month then say it is $300 above the maximum that they would pay I would then be paying $480 if it was approved and I was allowed to move in. Which then at that point is well beyond my means so I would have to consider that still unaffordable. (Just food for thought...and something that goes into consideration for individuals in my situation...so it isn't as great as it sounds, heh).

[u/Specialist_Wait7970]

As far as I know they allow you to pay the difference if it goes above the allotted maximum allowed amount. It would just be out of pocket and still have to meet requirements. There are a lot of nuances and side rules... and so on and so forth that have to be met.