Studio Section 8 apartments in Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia's Small-Area Fair Market Rents change by ZIP code, so a studio voucher will cover more in some neighborhoods than others. Here are the current payment standards across 40 tracked neighborhoods.

Voucher discrimination is illegal here

Philadelphia’s Fair Practices Ordinance makes it illegal for landlords to refuse an applicant because of a housing voucher.

City of Philadelphia

Studio payment standards by neighborhood

NeighborhoodZIPPayment standard / mo
Rittenhouse Square19103$2,100
Fitler Square19103$2,100
Logan Square19103$2,100
Old City19106$2,100
Society Hill19106$2,100
Washington Square West19107$2,060
Chinatown19107$2,060
Market East19107$2,060
Avenue of the Arts19107$2,060
Fairmount19130$1,940
Art Museum Area19130$1,940
Spring Garden19130$1,940
Francisville19130$1,940
Queen Village19147$1,840
Bella Vista19147$1,840
Hawthorne19147$1,840
Pennsport19147$1,840
Dickinson Narrows19147$1,840
Wharton19147$1,840
Point Breeze19146$1,800
Graduate Hospital19146$1,800
Grays Ferry19146$1,800
Southwest Schuylkill19146$1,800
Callowhill19123$1,780
Poplar19123$1,780
Passyunk Square19148$1,450
East Passyunk Crossing19148$1,450
Whitman19148$1,450
Packer Park19148$1,450
Lower Moyamensing19148$1,450
Marconi Plaza19148$1,450
Newbold19145$1,390
Girard Estate19145$1,390
Eastwick19153$1,380
Yorktown19122$1,280
Ludlow19122$1,280
Brewerytown19121$1,210
Kingsessing19143$1,170
Elmwood19142$1,170
Paschall19142$1,170

Public Housing Authorities

Philadelphia Housing Authority

HUD PHA code PA002 · 25,063 HCV vouchers

Waitlist closed

This PHA is not accepting new applications at this time. Call for the next opening date.

The Philadelphia Housing Authority HCV waitlist has been closed since 2013. When it reopens, applications are accepted online for a limited window.

Address
2013 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
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