Browse the PlainVoucher Directory
Every Public Housing Authority, every metro's Section 8 payment standard, every voucher-vs-market gap — organized for easy browsing. Start from any entry point below, or jump straight into a specific state, metro, or PHA.
Public Housing Authorities
3,780 PHAs — searchable by name, state, or first letter.
Payment Standards
400 metros with HUD FY25 Fair Market Rent across bedroom sizes.
Voucher-vs-Market Gap
How well vouchers cover advertised market rent — per metro.
Editorial Guides
Plain-English explainers on how Section 8 actually works.
Income Limits
HUD ELI / VLI / LI thresholds by metro and household size.
Rankings
Largest PHAs, states with most vouchers, highest-FMR metros.
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Methodology
The PlainVoucher directory is compiled from three primary sources: HUD PIH Open Data (Public Housing Authority directory, FY25), HUD USER Fair Market Rent (FY25), and PlainRent advertised-rent index (2026). PHA records are normalized, deduplicated, and slugged from HUD's canonical participant codes. Payment standards are joined on HUD CBSA codes and refreshed annually when HUD publishes a new Fiscal Year FMR (typically October 1).
The derived voucher-vs-market gap metric is a PlainVoucher original — not a
HUD-published figure — computed as
(HUD 2-BR FMR − PlainRent 2-BR median) ÷ PlainRent 2-BR median × 100.
Positive gaps mean the voucher falls short of advertised market rent; negative
gaps mean the voucher covers the market. Because PlainRent's median reflects
advertised listings (not leased rents), the gap should be read as a directional
signal, not a dollar-perfect forecast.
Every data page carries a reviewer byline and an explicit source footer. Readers can trace any figure back to its upstream dataset. See the full methodology page for the cross-DB join recipe, schema notes, and update cadence. Corrections welcomed at corrections@plainvoucher.com.
⚠ General information only. PlainVoucher is not affiliated with HUD or any Public Housing Authority. Waitlist status and local preferences change frequently — always confirm with the specific PHA.