Section 8 Housing in North Dakota
9,384 active Housing Choice Vouchers across 4 markets. Rent limits, housing authorities, waitlist status, and voucher rights for every metro in North Dakota.
Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in North Dakota?
No. North Dakota law prohibits landlords from refusing a renter because they pay with a Section 8 voucher. That protection applies in North Dakota. If you were turned away for having a voucher, that refusal may be illegal.
N.D. Cent. Code §14-02.5-07 (1999)
"Status with regard to public assistance" includes tenants receiving federal, state or local rental assistance. 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.
Landlord and investor tools for North Dakota
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 North Dakota ZIP codes. Confirm adopted amounts with the agency.
- Compare HUD benchmarks with market rent in North DakotaExplore modeled ZIP comparisons; these do not establish an approved rent or agency payment.
- Average rent in North DakotaMarket 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 North Dakota
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.
Section 8 by county in North Dakota
County pages show the local voucher count, housing authorities, and metro rollup. Useful when you are looking at a specific address.
- Cass County2,756 vouchers
- Grand Forks County1,504 vouchers
- Burleigh County1,226 vouchers
- Ward County1,154 vouchers
- Stutsman County1,057 vouchers
- Morton County721 vouchers
- Stark County518 vouchers
- Ramsey County326 vouchers
- Barnes County221 vouchers
- Pembina County181 vouchers
- Williams County136 vouchers
- Walsh County107 vouchers
- Traill County67 vouchers
- Renville County49 vouchers
- Towner County23 vouchers
- Benson County19 vouchers
- Emmons County7 vouchers
- Adams County
- Bottineau County
- Bowman County
- Burke County
- Cavalier County
- Dickey County
- Dunn County
- Eddy County
- Foster County
- Golden Valley County
- Griggs County
- Hettinger County
- Kidder County
- Lamoure County
- McHenry County
- McKenzie County
- McLean County
- Mercer County
- Mountrail County
- Nelson County
- Oliver County
- Ransom County
- Richland County
- Sargent County
- Sheridan County
- Wells County
Section 8 in North Dakota: common questions
- Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in North Dakota?
- No. North Dakota law prohibits landlords from refusing a renter because they pay with a Section 8 voucher. That protection applies in North Dakota. If you were turned away for having a voucher, that refusal may be illegal.
- How many Section 8 vouchers are there in North Dakota?
- HUD data shows about 9,384 Housing Choice Vouchers across the 4 North Dakota markets we track, administered by 26 housing authorities statewide.
- How do I apply for Section 8 in North Dakota?
- You apply to a local housing authority, not to the state or to HUD. Each of North Dakota'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 North Dakota
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.