Section 8 Housing in South Dakota
4,296 active Housing Choice Vouchers across 2 markets. Rent limits, housing authorities, waitlist status, and voucher rights for every metro in South Dakota.
Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in South Dakota?
In most of the state, yes. South Dakota has no statewide source-of-income protection, so landlords in South Dakota can decline Section 8 applications unless a local ordinance says otherwise.
No statewide source-of-income protection for housing vouchers. PRRAC Appendix B (March 2026).
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 South 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 South Dakota ZIP codes. Confirm adopted amounts with the agency.
- Compare HUD benchmarks with market rent in South DakotaExplore modeled ZIP comparisons; these do not establish an approved rent or agency payment.
- Average rent in South 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 South 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 South Dakota
County pages show the local voucher count, housing authorities, and metro rollup. Useful when you are looking at a specific address.
- Minnehaha County2,119 vouchers
- Pennington County1,485 vouchers
- Brown County590 vouchers
- Meade County586 vouchers
- Brookings County475 vouchers
- Codington County315 vouchers
- Hughes County300 vouchers
- Clay County299 vouchers
- Beadle County262 vouchers
- Yankton County190 vouchers
- Lake County161 vouchers
- Davison County147 vouchers
- Lincoln County106 vouchers
- Grant County91 vouchers
- Spink County70 vouchers
- Bennett County
- Bon Homme County
- Brule County
- Butte County
- Campbell County
- Charles Mix County
- Clark County
- Corson County
- Custer County
- Day County
- Deuel County
- Edmunds County
- Fall River County
- Hamlin County
- Hand County
- Harding County
- Hutchinson County
- Jackson County
- Jerauld County
- Kingsbury County
- Lawrence County
- Marshall County
- McCook County
- Miner County
- Moody County
- Perkins County
- Potter County
- Roberts County
- Sanborn County
- Stanley County
- Sully County
- Tripp County
- Turner County
- Union County
- Walworth County
Section 8 in South Dakota: common questions
- Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in South Dakota?
- In most of the state, yes. South Dakota has no statewide source-of-income protection, so landlords in South Dakota can decline Section 8 applications unless a local ordinance says otherwise.
- How many Section 8 vouchers are there in South Dakota?
- HUD data shows about 4,296 Housing Choice Vouchers across the 2 South Dakota markets we track, administered by 35 housing authorities statewide.
- How do I apply for Section 8 in South Dakota?
- You apply to a local housing authority, not to the state or to HUD. Each of South 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 South 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.