Section 8 in Saint Louis County, MO
7,511 active Housing Choice Vouchers in Saint Louis County, 80% utilized. 5 housing authorities serve this county. Voucher data as of 2026.
Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in Saint Louis County?
In most of the state, yes. Missouri has no statewide source-of-income protection, so landlords in Saint Louis County can decline Section 8 applications unless a local ordinance says otherwise.
No statewide SOI protection in Missouri. Kansas City has a local ordinance passed 2022; St Louis does not.
Informational only, not legal advice. Laws change, so verify current status before acting on a rejection or making a leasing decision.
Saint Louis County in the St. Louis metro
Saint Louis County is one of the counties inside the St. Louis, MO core-based statistical area. The metro-level view aggregates voucher activity across every housing authority in the CBSA.
See St. Louis metro rent limits and PHA breakdown →Housing authorities serving Saint Louis 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.
Housing Authority of St. Louis County
Saint Louis · PHA code MO004
7,511 Section 8 unitsHousing Authority of the City of Kirkwood
Kirkwood · PHA code MO187
100 units totalHousing Authority of the City of Hillsdale
Saint Louis · PHA code MO220
22 units totalHousing Authority of the City of Olivette
Saint Louis · PHA code MO132
14 units totalHousing Authority of the City of Pagedale
Saint Louis · PHA code MO218
81 units total
Section 8 rent by ZIP in Saint Louis County
Saint Louis 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.
- 63005$1,670
- 63011$1,810
- 63017$1,710
- 63021$1,440
- 63025$1,370
- 63031$1,440
- 63033$1,250
- 63034$1,830
- 63038$1,500
- 63040$1,620
- 63042$1,110
- 63043$1,340
- 63044$1,150
- 63045$1,300
- 63074$1,090
- 63088$1,420
- 63105$1,730
- 63114$1,260
- 63117$1,360
- 63119$1,280
- 63121$1,110
- 63122$1,420
- 63123$1,230
- 63124$1,830
- 63125$1,110
- 63126$1,250
- 63127$1,290
- 63128$1,220
- 63129$1,200
- 63130$1,360
- 63131$1,830
- 63132$1,460
- 63133$1,160
- 63134$1,270
- 63135$1,290
- 63136$1,100
- 63137$1,170
- 63138$1,190
- 63140$990
- 63141$1,630
- 63143$1,010
- 63144$1,640
- 63146$1,550
Find Section 8 apartments in Saint Louis County
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Other Missouri counties
Voucher counts aggregated from HUD PHA jurisdiction data. Population 999,703 · FIPS 29189.