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What Section 8 pays in California

Pick a county, town or rent area to see HUD's rent limits there.

Counties and towns

HUD rent areas

Housing agencies with published payment standards

San Francisco Housing Authority
Los Angeles County Development Authority
Oakland Housing Authority
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Housing Authority City of Fresno
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (Housing Authority of the County of Sacramento)
Housing Authority of the County Contra Costa
Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino
Santa Clara County Housing Authority
San Diego Housing Commission
Housing Authority of the County of Alameda
City of Long Beach Housing Authority
Orange County Housing Authority
Housing Authority of the County of San Diego

What's a rent limit?

Every year HUD, the federal housing department, sets a Fair Market Rent for each area: roughly what a modest apartment rents for there, utilities included. Local housing agencies use it to decide how much a Section 8 housing voucher will pay. Most set their limit, called a payment standard, between 90% and 110% of HUD's figure (federal rule 24 CFR 982.503).

In some metro areas HUD also publishes a figure for each ZIP code, the Small Area Fair Market Rent, because rents differ a lot from one neighborhood to the next.

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Published government figures, shown as measurements. Not legal, tax or financial advice.

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