Section 8 Housing in West Virginia
11,180 active Housing Choice Vouchers across 6 markets. Rent limits, housing authorities, waitlist status, and voucher rights for every metro in West Virginia.
Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in West Virginia?
In most of the state, yes. West Virginia has no statewide source-of-income protection, so landlords in West Virginia 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 West Virginia
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 West Virginia ZIP codes. Confirm adopted amounts with the agency.
- Compare HUD benchmarks with market rent in West VirginiaExplore modeled ZIP comparisons; these do not establish an approved rent or agency payment.
- Average rent in West VirginiaMarket 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 West Virginia
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.
Charleston, WV
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 16620
3,714 vouchersHuntington, WV
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 26580
3,158 vouchersParkersburg, WV
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 37620
1,567 vouchersWeirton, WV
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 48260
1,364 vouchersWheeling, WV
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 48540
852 vouchersBeckley, WV
Metropolitan Statistical Area · CBSA 13220
525 vouchers
Section 8 by county in West Virginia
County pages show the local voucher count, housing authorities, and metro rollup. Useful when you are looking at a specific address.
- Kanawha County3,213 vouchers
- Wood County1,567 vouchers
- Mingo County1,539 vouchers
- Cabell County1,502 vouchers
- Marion County1,234 vouchers
- Jackson County918 vouchers
- Randolph County732 vouchers
- Harrison County632 vouchers
- Ohio County573 vouchers
- Hancock County540 vouchers
- Raleigh County525 vouchers
- Boone County501 vouchers
- Mercer County400 vouchers
- Berkeley County348 vouchers
- Mineral County226 vouchers
- Mason County130 vouchers
- Grant County64 vouchers
- Barbour County
- Braxton County
- Brooke County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Doddridge County
- Fayette County
- Gilmer County
- Greenbrier County
- Hampshire County
- Hardy County
- Jefferson County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Marshall County
- McDowell County
- Monongalia County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Nicholas County
- Pendleton County
- Pleasants County
- Pocahontas County
- Preston County
- Putnam County
- Ritchie County
- Roane County
- Summers County
- Taylor County
- Tucker County
- Tyler County
- Upshur County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wetzel County
- Wirt County
- Wyoming County
Section 8 in West Virginia: common questions
- Can a landlord refuse Section 8 in West Virginia?
- In most of the state, yes. West Virginia has no statewide source-of-income protection, so landlords in West Virginia can decline Section 8 applications unless a local ordinance says otherwise.
- How many Section 8 vouchers are there in West Virginia?
- HUD data shows about 11,180 Housing Choice Vouchers across the 6 West Virginia markets we track, administered by 32 housing authorities statewide.
- How do I apply for Section 8 in West Virginia?
- You apply to a local housing authority, not to the state or to HUD. Each of West Virginia'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 West Virginia
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.