I live by myself and support my 2 daughters. Im currently awaiting a decision on my disability, but from what im told it should be close to my unemployment (which I live off now) I do get some money (not nearly enough in child support)

I live in a BMR condo. (below market rate)
I was on the wait list for a few months, but what I did was get on EVERY waitlist you can that you actually want to live at because sometimes you have to pay an application fee and that can add up.

Some communities are all subsidized and some a partial. Ive always preferred the partial. Lots...tons of Big rental communities offer usually 10% of their property at BMR, and they get a huge tax break.

To get in is kinda tricky. For example my BMR Condo is $1100 month. The cap I couldnt go over is 55k yr for a family of 3. So based on my income, they figure 30%, 50%, and 70% of the poverty level and your rent is based on that. Im at the 50% poverty level. BUT also the catch 22 sometime is they want you to make 2x the monthy rent to qualify.

The houing places that you would like to live at usually have packets explaining their financial guidlines that you can go over befor you apply and sometimes their online too. Its kinda a pain to get in, but once you do, its all worth it. Hoped this helped