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 law prohibits landlords from refusing a renter because they pay with a Section 8 voucher. That protection applies in San Diego County. If you were turned away for having a voucher, that refusal may be illegal.
California FEHA source-of-income protection (SB 329 / Gov. Code 12955)
Statewide: landlords may not refuse Section 8/HCV vouchers as a source of income.
View statute →Informational only, not legal advice. Laws change, so verify current status before acting on a rejection or 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 rent limits and PHA breakdown →Housing authorities serving San Diego County
Each PHA sets its own payment standard, runs its own waitlist, and does its own inspections. The PHA whose jurisdiction covers a unit's ZIP is the one both tenant and landlord will deal 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
Section 8 rent by ZIP in San Diego County
San Diego County is in a Small Area FMR metro, so HUD publishes a separate rent limit for each ZIP (FY2026). The 2-bedroom figure is shown; each ZIP page has the full bedroom table.
- 91901$2,830
- 91902$3,140
- 91905$2,690
- 91906$2,210
- 91910$2,780
- 91911$2,820
- 91913$4,100
- 91914$4,500
- 91915$4,170
- 91916$3,130
- 91917$2,950
- 91931$3,250
- 91932$2,790
- 91934$3,000
- 91935$2,950
- 91941$2,780
- 91942$3,010
- 91945$2,460
- 91948$2,930
- 91950$2,340
- 91962$3,460
- 91963$3,000
- 91977$2,570
- 91978$3,210
- 91980$3,000
- 92003$2,910
- 92004$1,460
- 92007$3,830
- 92008$3,470
- 92009$3,970
- 92010$3,780
- 92011$4,280
- 92014$4,500
- 92019$3,050
- 92020$2,670
- 92021$2,590
- 92024$3,870
- 92025$2,760
- 92026$2,980
- 92027$2,670
- 92028$2,440
- 92029$3,340
- 92036$2,290
- 92037$3,510
- 92040$2,630
- 92054$2,840
- 92055$3,450
- 92056$3,500
- 92057$3,190
- 92058$3,200
- 92059$2,210
- 92060$2,130
- 92061$2,790
- 92064$3,130
- 92065$2,780
- 92066$1,790
- 92067$3,880
- 92069$2,940
- 92070$2,500
- 92071$2,930
- 92075$4,200
- 92078$3,380
- 92081$3,380
- 92082$2,110
- 92083$2,940
- 92084$2,780
- 92086$1,970
- 92091$3,890
- 92092$3,000
- 92093$3,510
- 92096$3,000
- 92101$4,310
- 92102$2,800
- 92103$3,390
- 92104$3,090
- 92105$2,430
- 92106$3,190
- 92107$3,380
- 92108$4,380
- 92109$3,710
- 92110$3,450
- 92111$2,980
- 92113$2,420
- 92114$2,640
- 92115$2,820
- 92116$3,040
- 92117$3,000
- 92118$4,500
- 92119$3,080
- 92120$3,340
- 92121$3,520
- 92122$3,940
- 92123$3,800
- 92124$4,300
- 92126$3,720
- 92127$3,610
- 92128$3,840
- 92129$3,250
- 92130$4,500
- 92131$4,160
- 92132$3,000
- 92134$4,210
- 92135$4,500
- 92136$2,380
- 92139$2,880
- 92140$4,040
- 92145$3,630
- 92147$3,650
- 92154$2,950
- 92155$4,500
- 92161$3,000
- 92173$2,430
- 92179$2,950
- 92182$3,000
- 92672$3,280
Find Section 8 apartments in San Diego County
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Other California counties
Voucher counts aggregated from HUD PHA jurisdiction data. Population 3,289,701 · FIPS 06073.