Section 8 in San Diego County, CA
32,503 active Housing Choice Vouchers in San Diego County, 85% utilized. 6 housing authorities serve this county. Voucher data as of 2026.
Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in San Diego County?
No. California state law prohibits refusing to rent to Section 8 voucher holders based on source of income, so the same protection applies in San Diego County.
Informational only, not legal advice. Verify current status before making a leasing decision.
San Diego County in the San Diego metro
San Diego County is one of the counties inside the San Diego, CA core-based statistical area. The metro-level view aggregates voucher activity across every housing authority in the CBSA.
See San Diego metro FMR + PHA breakdown →Housing authorities serving San Diego County
Each PHA sets its own payment standard, runs its own wait list, and does its own HQS inspections. If you accept a voucher tenant, the PHA whose jurisdiction covers the unit's ZIP is the one you'll be dealing with.
San Diego Housing Commission
San Diego · PHA code CA063
16,368 Section 8 unitsHousing Authority of the County of San Diego
San Diego · PHA code CA108
12,507 Section 8 unitsCity of Oceanside Community Development Comm
Oceanside · PHA code CA132
1,600 Section 8 unitsCDC of National City
National City · PHA code CA116
1,131 Section 8 unitsCarlsbad Housing & Homeless Services
Carlsbad · PHA code CA077
756 Section 8 unitsHousing Authority of the City of Encinitas
Encinitas · PHA code CA155
141 Section 8 units
Underwriting a Section 8 rental in San Diego County?
Fair Market Rent, payment standards and PHA-specific figures vary by ZIP. Look up your address to get the exact SAFMR (where it exists), the payment-standard range, and the PHA that will hold the voucher.
Other California counties
Voucher counts aggregated from HUD PHA jurisdiction data. Population 3,289,701 · FIPS 06073.