Section 8 Housing in Minnesota
31,754 active Housing Choice Vouchers across 5 markets. Rent limits, housing authorities, waitlist status, and voucher rights for every metro in Minnesota.
Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in Minnesota?
In most of the state, yes. Minnesota has no statewide source-of-income protection, so landlords in Minnesota can decline Section 8 applications unless a local ordinance says otherwise.
Minn. Stat. §363A.09 (public assistance status)
Edwards v. Hopkins Plaza (Minn. App. 2010) held landlords may refuse Section 8 as a business decision. Minneapolis has its own ordinance. PRRAC Appendix B (March 2026).
View statute →Informational only, not legal advice. Laws change, so verify current status before acting on a rejection or making a leasing decision.
Local voucher discrimination laws in Minnesota
Minnesota has no statewide law, so protection depends on where the apartment is. These are the local ordinances on file.
- MinneapolisMinneapolis Code of Ordinances Title 7 Ch. 139 (2018) · in effect since 2018
Source: PRRAC, Appendix B: State, Local, and Federal Laws Barring Source of Income Discrimination (updated March 2026), plus the ordinances linked above. Informational only, not legal advice.
Landlord and investor tools for Minnesota
RentalCalcsFree calculators and guides from RentalCalcs, built by the VoucherMatch team, for landlords deciding whether to accept vouchers.
- Section 8 rent analyzerHUD rent benchmarks and modeled comparisons for Minnesota ZIP codes. Confirm adopted amounts with the agency.
- Compare HUD benchmarks with market rent in MinnesotaExplore modeled ZIP comparisons; these do not establish an approved rent or agency payment.
- Average rent in MinnesotaMarket rent versus HUD fair market rent by city and bedroom count.
- How Section 8 rent is calculatedFair market rent, payment standards and rent reasonableness, step by step.
- Section 8 landlord math for 2026What the payment standard changes mean for cash flow this year.
All Section 8 markets in Minnesota
Sorted by active voucher count. Each metro page has HUD Fair Market Rent by bedroom, the housing authorities that administer vouchers there, and waitlist status.
Minneapolis, MN
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 33460
24,382 vouchersDuluth, MN
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 20260
3,110 vouchersMankato, MN
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 31860
1,700 vouchersSt. Cloud, MN
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 41060
1,313 vouchersRochester, MN
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 40340
1,249 vouchers
Section 8 by county in Minnesota
County pages show the local voucher count, housing authorities, and metro rollup. Useful when you are looking at a specific address.
- Ramsey County12,569 vouchers
- Hennepin County8,236 vouchers
- Dakota County2,838 vouchers
- Saint Louis County2,767 vouchers
- Stearns County1,313 vouchers
- Polk County1,213 vouchers
- Blue Earth County988 vouchers
- Clay County761 vouchers
- Nicollet County712 vouchers
- Olmsted County697 vouchers
- Wabasha County552 vouchers
- Kandiyohi County548 vouchers
- Scott County455 vouchers
- Rice County408 vouchers
- Otter Tail County378 vouchers
- Crow Wing County324 vouchers
- Itasca County322 vouchers
- Beltrami County316 vouchers
- Nobles County307 vouchers
- Washington County284 vouchers
- Douglas County276 vouchers
- Todd County268 vouchers
- Becker County248 vouchers
- Mower County238 vouchers
- Stevens County212 vouchers
- Brown County204 vouchers
- Chippewa County202 vouchers
- Morrison County175 vouchers
- Goodhue County169 vouchers
- Kanabec County163 vouchers
- Carlton County159 vouchers
- Freeborn County159 vouchers
- Steele County157 vouchers
- Cass County141 vouchers
- Koochiching County128 vouchers
- Wadena County117 vouchers
- Meeker County97 vouchers
- Redwood County89 vouchers
- Swift County86 vouchers
- Grant County54 vouchers
- Big Stone County37 vouchers
- Aitkin County35 vouchers
- Anoka County
- Benton County
- Carver County
- Chisago County
- Clearwater County
- Cook County
- Cottonwood County
- Dodge County
- Faribault County
- Fillmore County
- Houston County
- Hubbard County
- Isanti County
- Jackson County
- Kittson County
- Lac Qui Parle County
- Lake County
- Lake of the Woods County
- Le Sueur County
- Lincoln County
- Lyon County
- Mahnomen County
- Marshall County
- Martin County
- McLeod County
- Mille Lacs County
- Murray County
- Norman County
- Pennington County
- Pine County
- Pipestone County
- Pope County
- Red Lake County
- Renville County
- Rock County
- Roseau County
- Sherburne County
- Sibley County
- Traverse County
- Waseca County
- Watonwan County
- Wilkin County
- Winona County
- Wright County
- Yellow Medicine County
Section 8 in Minnesota: common questions
- Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in Minnesota?
- In most of the state, yes. Minnesota has no statewide source-of-income protection, so landlords in Minnesota can decline Section 8 applications unless a local ordinance says otherwise.
- Which Minnesota cities and counties have their own voucher discrimination law?
- Minneapolis has a local source-of-income ordinance on file. The ordinance and its citation are listed on this page.
- How many Section 8 vouchers are there in Minnesota?
- HUD data shows about 31,754 Housing Choice Vouchers across the 5 Minnesota markets we track, administered by 135 housing authorities statewide.
- How do I apply for Section 8 in Minnesota?
- You apply to a local housing authority, not to the state or to HUD. Each of Minnesota's housing authorities runs its own waitlist and opens it on its own schedule, and applying is always free. Pick your metro or county on this page to see the housing authorities that serve it and their current waitlist status.
Find Section 8 apartments in Minnesota
VoucherMatch connects voucher holders with landlords who accept Section 8, and it is free for renters. The administering housing authority must approve the actual unit, rent and household assistance calculation.