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Public Housing Authority records in Florida

HUD PIH directory records for 97 Public Housing Authorities in Florida, with reported HCV unit counts and contact details. A zero-unit record does not establish an active voucher program or waitlist.

97
PHAs in state
131,552
Authorized HCV units
3%
of all U.S. PHAs
24,849
Total HUD units

Need to narrow the directory first? Search and filter all Florida PHA records in the Finder. The Finder keeps the same HUD directory records while letting you set a reported-unit threshold; it does not show current availability or waitlists.

PHAs in Florida by HUD size band

Exclusive HUD PIH section8_size bands across all 97 agencies in this state, not a restatement of the top-12 chart below.

The largest voucher programs in Florida

Public Housing Authorities ranked by authorized Housing Choice Vouchers

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Source HUD PIH Public Housing Authority directory (FY2025) As of 2025
97 PHAs · 131,552 Section 8 units

According to HUD PIH's FY2025 PHA directory, Florida ranks #19 of 51 by PHA headcount (97 authorities) and #4 of 51 by authorized HCV (131,552 units). National dual: Texas is #1 of 51 states and DC by PHA headcount (379 authorities) at authorized-HCV rank 3 (183,544 units) ≠ California #1 by authorized HCV (369,815 units) at PHA-count rank 20 (96 authorities).

  • 3% of all U.S. PHAs
  • #19 of 51 PHA count
  • #4 of 51 authorized HCV
  • Cross-referenced with HUD FY2026 Payment Standards

What HUD's PIH Record for Florida Tells You

Florida sits mid-pack in HUD's PIH directory: #19 of 51 states and DC by PHA headcount, with 97 records (3% of the 3,780 U.S. total) reporting 131,552 authorized Section 8 / HCV units combined. Across all HUD programs (public housing, HCV, and related subsidy streams) those same records report 24,849 total units. 21 of these records (22%) report zero authorized HCV units; that source field does not establish an active voucher program, a waitlist, or an application route.

Payment standards inside FL metros are set at 90–110% of HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rent, cross-referenced in our payment standards directory, so voucher value is metro-specific even within the same state. A city, county, regional, or statewide authority may share the state; the directory does not determine service-area eligibility, waitlist status, or whether an agency is accepting applications, use the source contact details to verify a specific agency's current programs. See the waitlist guide for general federal-program context and the portability guide for federal move rules.

PHAs in Florida

Sorted by reported authorized HCV units, highest first. Many regions carry multiple PHA records (a city PHA, a county PHA, and sometimes a regional authority) - check the source contact details before relying on any single record for a current program, service area, or waitlist.

#Public Housing AuthorityCitySection 8 unitsTotal units
1Miami Dade Housing and Community Dev-21,6826,125
2Tampa Housing Authority-11,814486
3Jacksonville Housing Authority-8,5012,688
4Broward County Housing Authority-6,5420
5Hialeah Housing Authority-5,890857
6Orlando Housing Authority-4,8201,284
7West Palm Beach Housing Authority-4,061157
8Pinellas County Housing Authority-3,970146
9Housing Authority of the City of St. Petersburg-3,913134
10Housing Authority of the City of Miami Beach-3,576200
11Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale-3,37629
12Palm Beach County Housing Authority-3,133427
13Housing Authority of the City of Fort Myers-2,989424
14Tallahassee Housing Authority-2,797344
15City of Pensacola Housing Division-2,5040
16Sarasota Housing Authority-2,265100
17Housing Authority of Brevard County-2,173389
18Housing Authority of the City of Homestead-1,9390
19Gainesville Housing Authority-1,913561
20Housing Authority of City of Daytona Beach-1,884335
21Pasco County Housing Authority-1,817207
22Housing Authority of the City of Lakeland-1,813574
23Ocala Housing Authority-1,470186
24Clearwater Housing Authority-1,436236

Showing the top 24 of 97 HUD PHA records in Florida, ordered by reported authorized HCV units. A zero-unit record does not establish an active program or waitlist.

Browse all Florida PHA records in the filterable finder →

Checking current program information in Florida

Contact the agency directly to confirm current availability. These guides cover the general federal process:

Nationwide states with similar PHA count or voucher inventory

Two cross-state peer sets for Florida, outside the alphabetically adjacent states below.

Similar PHA headcount

Nearest states by agency count (97 PHAs in FL).

Similar authorized HCV units

Nearest states by summed Section 8 inventory (131,552 units in FL).

Higher-rent HUD FMR areas in Florida

These are the highest published FY2026 two-bedroom Fair Market Rents among HUD areas with a PlainVoucher detail page. They are reference amounts, not a local PHA payment-standard promise.

Browse every published payment-standard area →

HUD FMR and local market-rent context in Florida

Most of Florida's HUD FMR areas price above the local market: of 22 tracked areas, 21 (95%) published two-bedroom FMR amounts sat at least 10% above the 2019–2023 ACS two-bedroom median gross rent, versus 1 below it and 0 inside HUD's 95–110% reference band.

This is an area-level comparison of HUD FY2026 FMR and Census ACS rent data. It is not an individual PHA payment-standard, availability, eligibility, or waitlist result. Explore the metro comparisons →

Five-year HUD FMR change in Florida

HUD FMR climbed steeply across Florida's 52 tracked areas, among the sharpest five-year moves in the corpus: the median published two-bedroom rent rose 45.8%, from $917 in FY2021 to $1,337 in FY2026.

This is a historical HUD reference-rent trend across FMR areas, not a forecast or an individual PHA payment-standard, rent, availability, eligibility, or waitlist result. Check HUD's current FMR documentation →

Nearby states

Portability lets a household move a voucher across state lines. Florida's 2 bordering states in our directory:

Compare states and PHAs side by side →

Source: HUD PIH Open Data (FY25). Payment standards: HUD USER FY2026 FMR. The PHA directory source was consolidated in April 2026. PlainVoucher is not affiliated with HUD, the State of Florida, or any local PHA. Verify with HUD →. See our methodology for how we compile this directory.

Disclaimer. This is general information about Section 8 / HCV administration in Florida. Waitlist status, eligibility, and local preferences are set by each PHA and change frequently. Always contact the specific PHA directly.

What to do with Florida's desk

Florida has 97 HUD PIH directory PHAs in this corpus - use the dual PHA-count vs authorized-HCV read before treating any single agency as the whole state.

  • Browse the Florida PHA roster and open individual agency profiles. Florida PHAs
  • Look up Fair Market Rent schedules for metros in this state. Payment standards
  • Compare national PHA-count vs authorized-HCV dual rankings. Rankings
  • Compare land-border neighbors such as Alabama. Alabama

State aggregates are directory facts from HUD PIH Open Data. Waitlist status, eligibility, and local preferences are set by each PHA and change frequently.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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.