Section 8 in Montgomery County, PA
3,172 active Housing Choice Vouchers in Montgomery County, 69% utilized. 1 housing authority serve this county. Voucher data as of 2026.
Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in Montgomery County?
In most of the state, yes. Pennsylvania has no statewide source-of-income protection, so landlords in Montgomery County can decline Section 8 applications unless a local ordinance says otherwise.
Pennsylvania has no statewide source-of-income protection for housing vouchers. Local ordinances may apply.
Informational only, not legal advice. Laws change, so verify current status before acting on a rejection or making a leasing decision.
Montgomery County in the Philadelphia metro
Montgomery County is one of the counties inside the Philadelphia, PA core-based statistical area. The metro-level view aggregates voucher activity across every housing authority in the CBSA.
See Philadelphia metro rent limits and PHA breakdown →Housing authorities serving Montgomery 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.
Montgomery County Housing Authority
Norristown · PHA code PA012
3,172 Section 8 units
Section 8 rent by ZIP in Montgomery County
Montgomery 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.
- 18041$1,560
- 18054$1,790
- 18070$1,670
- 18073$1,770
- 18074$1,790
- 18076$1,670
- 18915$2,430
- 18936$2,160
- 18964$1,680
- 18969$1,770
- 19001$1,690
- 19002$1,890
- 19004$2,270
- 19006$1,940
- 19009$1,820
- 19012$1,530
- 19025$2,720
- 19027$1,790
- 19031$2,020
- 19034$1,780
- 19035$2,060
- 19038$1,780
- 19040$2,080
- 19044$1,820
- 19046$1,860
- 19066$2,430
- 19072$2,400
- 19075$1,640
- 19090$1,950
- 19095$2,260
- 19096$2,690
- 19401$1,890
- 19403$2,000
- 19405$1,880
- 19406$2,490
- 19422$2,640
- 19426$2,290
- 19428$2,500
- 19435$1,560
- 19436$2,020
- 19437$2,020
- 19438$2,200
- 19440$1,780
- 19444$2,530
- 19446$2,170
- 19453$2,200
- 19454$2,160
- 19456$2,180
- 19462$2,330
- 19464$1,610
- 19468$2,180
- 19472$1,530
- 19473$1,910
- 19474$2,040
- 19477$1,890
- 19490$2,160
- 19492$1,910
- 19525$1,500
Find Section 8 apartments in Montgomery County
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Other Pennsylvania counties
Voucher counts aggregated from HUD PHA jurisdiction data. Population 856,399 · FIPS 42091.