Section 8 Housing in Utah
13,308 active Housing Choice Vouchers across 5 markets. Rent limits, housing authorities, waitlist status, and voucher rights for every metro in Utah.
Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in Utah?
No. Utah law prohibits landlords from refusing a renter because they pay with a Section 8 voucher. That protection applies in Utah. If you were turned away for having a voucher, that refusal may be illegal.
Utah Fair Housing Act, Utah Code §57-21-5 (source of income added 1993)
Source of income is a protected class; a 2016 bill to carve out vouchers did not advance. 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 Utah
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 Utah ZIP codes. Confirm adopted amounts with the agency.
- Compare HUD benchmarks with market rent in UtahExplore modeled ZIP comparisons; these do not establish an approved rent or agency payment.
- Average rent in UtahMarket 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 Utah
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.
Salt Lake City, UT
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 41620
7,585 vouchersOgden, UT
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 36260
2,724 vouchersProvo, UT
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 39340
2,069 vouchersLogan, UT
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 30860
612 vouchersSt. George, UT
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 41100
318 vouchers
Section 8 by county in Utah
County pages show the local voucher count, housing authorities, and metro rollup. Useful when you are looking at a specific address.
- Salt Lake County7,344 vouchers
- Utah County2,069 vouchers
- Weber County1,600 vouchers
- Davis County1,124 vouchers
- Cache County612 vouchers
- Carbon County363 vouchers
- Washington County318 vouchers
- Iron County277 vouchers
- Tooele County241 vouchers
- Duchesne County132 vouchers
- Summit County89 vouchers
- Grand County82 vouchers
- Beaver County32 vouchers
- Box Elder County
- Daggett County
- Emery County
- Garfield County
- Juab County
- Kane County
- Millard County
- Morgan County
- Rich County
- San Juan County
- Sanpete County
- Sevier County
- Uintah County
- Wasatch County
- Wayne County
Section 8 in Utah: common questions
- Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in Utah?
- No. Utah law prohibits landlords from refusing a renter because they pay with a Section 8 voucher. That protection applies in Utah. If you were turned away for having a voucher, that refusal may be illegal.
- How many Section 8 vouchers are there in Utah?
- HUD data shows about 13,308 Housing Choice Vouchers across the 5 Utah markets we track, administered by 19 housing authorities statewide.
- How do I apply for Section 8 in Utah?
- You apply to a local housing authority, not to the state or to HUD. Each of Utah'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 Utah
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.