Understanding Income-Restricted Housing: A Complete Guide

Income-restricted housing ties rent eligibility to a household's income rather than only to market pricing. The exact limit depends on the program attached to the unit and the size of the household applying.

That is why the same property can have multiple programs and multiple income tiers at once. A one-bedroom unit may sit under a different program threshold than a two-bedroom unit in the same building.

Roost makes those distinctions visible by mapping unit-level program data, household size, and availability into one search flow instead of forcing renters to decode them manually.