Browse 3,780 Public Housing Authorities

PlainVoucher indexes every Public Housing Authority (PHA) in the HUD PIH Open Data directory - 3,780 entities total. Filter by state, browse A–Z, or sort by unit count. Click through to a PHA for contact details, a payment-standard reference, and nearby alternative PHAs. We refresh this directory from HUD's PIH Open Data feed; our methodology page documents the update cadence and field definitions.

National HCV program composition

HUD-authorized units · Section 8 / HCV vs. other public-housing programs

authorized units
Source HUD PIH Open Data Public Housing Authority directory (FY2025) As of 2025
PHA count by top 12 states (HUD PIH FY25)
State distribution of Public Housing Authorities Horizontal bar chart showing the top states by indexed PHA count from the HUD Public and Indian Housing directory. TX 379 GA 178 NY 159 LA 153 AL 142 MN 135 MA 130 AR 127 MI 126 MO 123 NC 123 KY 119

Source: HUD PIH Open Data directory · Counts reflect every Public Housing Authority indexed by PlainVoucher, including consolidated regional authorities and Tribal-designated Housing Entities.

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Showing 50 of 63 PHAs

All TX 379 GA 178 NY 159 LA 153 AL 142 MN 135 MA 130 AR 127 MI 126 MO 123 NC 123 KY 119 WI 115 IL 106 NE 105 OK 104 KS 102 NJ 99 FL 97 CA 96
PHA State Section 8 units Total units
Afton Housing Commission IA 0 30
Albia Housing Agency IA 99 40
Area XV Multi-County Housing Agency IA 427 84
Cedar Falls Housing Commission IA 406 0
Cedar Rapids Housing Services IA 1,316 0
Centerville Municipal Housing Agency IA 101 100
Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority IA 1,037 132
CHARITON HOUSING AGENCY IA 0 76
Charles City Hsg and Redev Authority IA 210 148
City of Dubuque IA 1,125 0
City of Marshalltown Rent Assistance Program IA 469 0
City of Sioux City Housing Authority IA 1,221 0
Clarinda Low Rent Housing Agency IA 0 74
Corning Housing Commission IA 0 50
Davenport Housing Commission IA 865 0
Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency IA 3,702 410
Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority IA 1,078 164
Essex Low Rent Housing Agency IA 0 16
Evansdale Municipal Housing Authority IA 163 0
Fort Dodge Municipal Housing Agency IA 1,072 136
Fort Madison Housing Authority IA 73 134
Grinnell Low Rent Housing Authority IA 170 0
Iowa City Housing Authority IA 1,431 86
Iowa Northland Regional Housing Authority IA 317 0
Keokuk Housing Authority IA 175 212
Lenox Low Rent Housing Agency IA 0 30
Lone Tree Housing Commission IA 0 20
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Bancroft IA 0 24
Low Rent Housing Agency of Burlington IA 347 201
Low Rent Housing Agency of Clinton IA 428 50
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Farragut IA 0 20
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Hamburg IA 0 0
Low Rent Housing Agency of Knoxville IA 263 48
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Leon IA 0 42
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Missouri Valley IA 0 53
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Mount Ayr IA 0 26
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Onawa IA 0 62
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Red Oak IA 0 50
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Sidney IA 0 20
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Sioux Center IA 0 77
Low Rent Housing Agency of Spirit Lake IA 156 0
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Waverly IA 0 0
Low Rent Housing Agency Of Winterset IA 0 46
Malvern Low Rent Housing Agency IA 0 20
Mason City Housing Authority IA 533 0
Municipal Housing Agency of Council Bluffs IA 784 295
Municipal Housing Agency Of Manning IA 0 30
Muscatine Municipal Housing Agency IA 385 150
North Iowa Regional Housing Authority IA 403 121
Northwest Iowa Regional Housing Authority IA 1,086 0

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Source and method. PlainVoucher compiles public HUD and U.S. Census release data into a searchable reference. Release periods and source boundaries are identified on each data surface; PlainVoucher does not determine eligibility, waitlist status, payment standards, or local PHA rules. Read our editorial standards and corrections policy, methodology, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-02.