Housing Authorities (PHAs) by State
Public housing agencies (PHAs) administer Section 8 vouchers and public housing locally. This directory covers 3,623 agencies across 55 states, reporting roughly 3,654,873 assisted units in HUD data.
Find your housing authority by state
Pick your state to see agencies and their Section 8 waitlist status.
- Alabama (138 agencies)
- Alaska (2 agencies)
- Arizona (21 agencies)
- Arkansas (119 agencies)
- California (93 agencies)
- Colorado (57 agencies)
- Connecticut (50 agencies)
- Delaware (6 agencies)
- District of Columbia (2 agencies)
- Florida (94 agencies)
- Georgia (152 agencies)
- Guam (2 agencies)
- Hawaii (6 agencies)
- Idaho (9 agencies)
- Illinois (105 agencies)
- Indiana (53 agencies)
- Iowa (61 agencies)
- Kansas (98 agencies)
- Kentucky (116 agencies)
- Louisiana (146 agencies)
- Maine (24 agencies)
- Maryland (28 agencies)
- Massachusetts (129 agencies)
- Michigan (117 agencies)
- Minnesota (131 agencies)
- Mississippi (46 agencies)
- Missouri (123 agencies)
- Montana (12 agencies)
- Nebraska (102 agencies)
- Nevada (3 agencies)
- New Hampshire (20 agencies)
- New Jersey (92 agencies)
- New Mexico (23 agencies)
- New York (155 agencies)
- North Carolina (112 agencies)
- North Dakota (26 agencies)
- Northern Mariana Islands (1 agency)
- Ohio (75 agencies)
- Oklahoma (103 agencies)
- Oregon (23 agencies)
- Pennsylvania (85 agencies)
- Puerto Rico (74 agencies)
- Rhode Island (27 agencies)
- South Carolina (39 agencies)
- South Dakota (35 agencies)
- Tennessee (76 agencies)
- Texas (363 agencies)
- U.S. Virgin Islands (2 agencies)
- Utah (17 agencies)
- Vermont (9 agencies)
- Virginia (41 agencies)
- Washington (32 agencies)
- West Virginia (32 agencies)
- Wisconsin (108 agencies)
- Wyoming (8 agencies)
Largest housing authorities nationally
By reported assisted units (HUD Picture of Subsidized Households).
- New York City Housing Authority NY · 263,610 units
- Chicago Housing Authority IL · 75,743 units
- Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration PR · 65,448 units
- Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles CA · 59,262 units
- Nys Housing Trust Fund Corporation NY · 52,085 units
- Nyc Dept of Housing Preservation and Dev NY · 42,793 units
- Philadelphia Housing Authority PA · 36,245 units
- Michigan State Housing Development Authority MI · 32,423 units
- Los Angeles County Development Authority CA · 30,010 units
- Miami Dade Housing and Community Dev FL · 26,978 units
- Housing Authority of Baltimore City MD · 26,947 units
- Boston Housing Authority MA · 25,946 units
- State of Nj Dept. of Comm. Affairs NJ · 25,185 units
- Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta Georgia GA · 24,022 units
- D.c Housing Authority DC · 23,995 units
- Housing Authority of the City of Dallas, Texa TX · 23,416 units
- Exec. Office Housing & Livable Communities MA · 22,469 units
- Houston Housing Authority TX · 21,551 units
- San Antonio Housing Authority TX · 20,614 units
- Housing Authority of New Orleans LA · 20,545 units
- Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority OH · 19,901 units
- Georgia Residential Finance GA · 18,173 units
- Seattle Housing Authority WA · 17,910 units
- San Diego Housing Commission CA · 16,557 units
- Housing Authority of the City & County of Sf CA · 16,526 units
What a housing authority does
A PHA is a local agency that runs federal housing programs. Most administer the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program, public housing, or both. The PHA sets local payment standards, opens and closes waiting lists, inspects units, and pays landlords the housing assistance payment (HAP).
Eligibility is set by federal rules, but demand, preferences, and waiting-list length vary by agency. Start with how to apply, then check the agency serving your area.
Source: HUD public datasets (Picture of Subsidized Households; PHA directory). We are not affiliated with HUD or any housing authority.