Section 8 housing by state
Section 8 — officially the Housing Choice Voucher program — is run by local housing authorities, not by HUD directly. You apply at the housing authority for the area you want to live in. Pick your state to get that office's phone number, plus the HUD-assisted apartment buildings near you.
- 3,697 housing authorities you can apply to
- 23,547 HUD-assisted properties listed
- 1,461,866 subsidized apartments in those properties
- 6,634 cities and towns covered
Two different things people call "Section 8"
A voucher travels with you. You get it from a housing authority, then you find a private apartment whose landlord agrees to accept it. No official national list of those landlords exists — not here, not anywhere.
A project-based unit stays with the building. The subsidy is attached to the apartment, so you apply directly to the property. Those are the buildings we list, because HUD publishes them.
Both are real ways to pay less rent. Which one applies to you.
Choose your state
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Largest listings by city
- Chicago, IL
- Los Angeles, CA
- Brooklyn, NY
- New York, NY
- Philadelphia, PA
- Bronx, NY
- Baltimore, MD
- Cincinnati, OH
- Cleveland, OH
- Pittsburgh, PA
- San Francisco, CA
- Columbus, OH
- Saint Louis, MO
- Denver, CO
- Milwaukee, WI
- Washington, DC
- Louisville, KY
- Houston, TX
- Boston, MA
- Detroit, MI
- Indianapolis, IN
- Portland, OR
- Austin, TX
- San Antonio, TX
Not sure where to start?
Find housing near you using your phone's location, or read how to apply for Section 8 — it walks through the application, the documents you need, and what happens after.
Start with a guide
- How to apply for Section 8
- Section 8 waiting lists
- Section 8 income limits
- Apartments that accept Section 8
- You got a voucher — now what?
Listings come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's public datasets: HUD Open Data — Public Housing Authorities and Multifamily Properties (Assisted). We are not HUD and cannot process applications.