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Public Housing Authority records in Kansas

HUD PIH directory records for 102 Public Housing Authorities in Kansas, with reported HCV unit counts and contact details. A zero-unit record does not establish an active voucher program or waitlist.

102
PHAs in state
14,928
Authorized HCV units
3%
of all U.S. PHAs
8,023
Total HUD units

Need to narrow the directory first? Search and filter all Kansas 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 Kansas by HUD size band

Exclusive HUD PIH section8_size bands across all 102 agencies in this state, not a restatement of the top-12 chart below.

The largest voucher programs in Kansas

Public Housing Authorities ranked by authorized Housing Choice Vouchers

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Source HUD PIH Public Housing Authority directory (FY2025) As of 2025
102 PHAs · 14,928 Section 8 units

According to HUD PIH's FY2025 PHA directory, Kansas ranks #17 of 51 by PHA headcount (102 authorities) and #38 of 51 by authorized HCV (14,928 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
  • #17 of 51 PHA count
  • #38 of 51 authorized HCV
  • Cross-referenced with HUD FY2026 Payment Standards

What HUD's PIH Record for Kansas Tells You

Few states carry as many separately chartered PHA records as Kansas: HUD's PIH directory ranks it #17 of 51 by headcount, with 102 records (3% of the 3,780 U.S. total we track) reporting 14,928 authorized Section 8 / HCV units combined. Across all HUD programs (public housing, HCV, and related subsidy streams) those same records report 8,023 total units. A majority of KS records - 79 of 102 (77%) - report zero authorized HCV units; that source field does not establish an active voucher program, a waitlist, or an application route.

Payment standards inside KS 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 Kansas

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
1Wichita Housing Authority-3,47993
2Kansas City, KS Housing Authority-1,8101,843
3Johnson County Housing Authority-1,4850
4Topeka Housing Authority-1,385744
5Lawrence/Douglas County Housing Authority-882369
6South Central KS Area Agency On Aging (Cowley Co.)-6990
7Salina Housing Authority-5770
8Olathe Housing Authority-509130
9Lyon County/Eckan Housing Authority-5060
10Crawford County-4910
11Leavenworth Housing Authority-489105
12Pittsburg Housing Authority-4480
13North Central Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging-4230
14Ford County Housing Authority-4010
15Manhattan Housing Authority-296262
16Ellis County Housing Authority-2040
17Great Bend Housing Authority-1960
18NEK-CAP, Inc.-1810
19Dodge City Housing Authority-138315
20Atchison Housing Authority-137200
21Newton Housing Authority-85136
22Hays Housing Authority-8230
23Chanute Housing Authority-25139
24Agra Housing Authority-014

Showing the top 24 of 102 HUD PHA records in Kansas, ordered by reported authorized HCV units. A zero-unit record does not establish an active program or waitlist.

Browse all Kansas PHA records in the filterable finder →

Checking current program information in Kansas

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 Kansas, outside the alphabetically adjacent states below.

Similar PHA headcount

Nearest states by agency count (102 PHAs in KS).

Similar authorized HCV units

Nearest states by summed Section 8 inventory (14,928 units in KS).

  • Hawaii · 14,587 HCV units
  • Utah · 14,194 HCV units
  • Maine · 15,810 HCV units

Higher-rent HUD FMR areas in Kansas

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 Kansas

Kansas's HUD FMR areas show a mixed market lean: of 7 tracked areas, 4 (57%) priced above the local market, 3 sat inside HUD's 95–110% reference band, and 0 priced below the 2019–2023 ACS two-bedroom median gross rent.

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 Kansas

HUD FMR rose at a more moderate pace across Kansas's 94 tracked areas, among the smaller five-year moves in the corpus: the median published two-bedroom rent climbed 22.1%, from $718 in FY2021 to $877 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

Kansas borders 4 other states in our directory, voucher portability lets a household move across any of these lines:

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 Kansas, 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 Kansas. Waitlist status, eligibility, and local preferences are set by each PHA and change frequently. Always contact the specific PHA directly.

What to do with Kansas's desk

Kansas has 102 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 Kansas PHA roster and open individual agency profiles. Kansas 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 Colorado. Colorado

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.