Section 8 in Dekalb County, GA
24,137 active Housing Choice Vouchers in Dekalb County, 69% utilized. 4 housing authorities serve this county. Voucher data as of 2026.
Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in Dekalb County?
Source-of-income protection status for Georgia is not yet in our database. Verify with a local attorney or the state civil-rights office before making a leasing decision in Dekalb County.
Informational only, not legal advice. Verify current status before making a leasing decision.
Dekalb County in the Atlanta metro
Dekalb County is one of the counties inside the Atlanta, GA core-based statistical area. The metro-level view aggregates voucher activity across every housing authority in the CBSA.
See Atlanta metro FMR + PHA breakdown →Housing authorities serving Dekalb 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.
Georgia Residential Finance
Atlanta · PHA code GA901
18,175 Section 8 unitsHousing Authority of the County of Dekalb, GA
Decatur · PHA code GA237
4,719 Section 8 unitsHousing Authority of the City of Decatur
Decatur · PHA code GA011
1,043 Section 8 unitsHousing Authority of the City of Lithonia
Lithonia · PHA code GA188
200 Section 8 units
Underwriting a Section 8 rental in Dekalb 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 Georgia counties
Voucher counts aggregated from HUD PHA jurisdiction data. Population 761,209 · FIPS 13089.