District of Columbia Section 8 rent calculator

A DC unit needs the administering authority’s schedule

The District of Columbia is represented by one county-equivalent row in the FY2027 workbook, not by a collection of DC counties. Its reference belongs to the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area. The area name includes neighboring jurisdictions, but the DC row does not authorize substituting a Maryland or Virginia agency’s payment schedule for the authority administering a District unit.

The five monthly references are $2,111 for a studio, $2,204 for one bedroom, $2,438 for two bedrooms, $3,107 for three bedrooms and $3,658 for four bedrooms. These are gross-rent benchmarks including utilities. A proposed two-bedroom lease does not automatically receive $2,438 of assistance: the applicable family payment standard, total tenant payment and utility allowance still determine the split in the worksheet.

The actual HUD District contact report has two entries. DC001 is D.C Housing Authority, classified as Combined; DC880 is Community Connections, classified as Section 8. Preserve the program code when contacting an agency rather than treating both listings as interchangeable voucher offices. The directory does not determine a waiting-list opening, household eligibility or whether a particular program serves the proposed lease.

HUD lists D.C Housing Authority at 300 7th Street SW and Community Connections at 801 Pennsylvania Avenue SE. Those are source-report office locations, not a direction to submit an application in person or a guarantee that a case can be handled there. Use the authority on your voucher paperwork to verify current contact arrangements, geographic scope and the effective standard and allowance before entering amounts.

A District mailing address identifies the jurisdiction page, while a five-digit ZIP lookup can identify a more specific HUD rent reference. Where a ZIP has multiple area records, keep the alternative area names visible and ask which schedule applies. Initial occupancy above the family standard requires the separate affordability comparison; an existing tenancy uses its applicable ongoing determination. These distinctions prevent a metro-area reference from being mistaken for a household award.

HUD FY2027 workbook · District of Columbia agency report

Who runs vouchers in District of Columbia

D.C Housing Authority is the largest voucher agency in District of Columbia, ahead of Community Connections (275 households).

D.C Housing Authority is a Moving to Work agency and can set its own rent rules; check its rent policy against this estimate.

Waits before admission averaged 16 months at D.C Housing Authority and 47 at Community Connections.

Average family payments ran from $339 at D.C Housing Authority to $397 at Community Connections.

Households

11,832

Avg. family payment

$340

Avg. yearly income

$19,196

Avg. wait

18 months

2-bed / 3+ bed units

34% / 32%

Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households 2025; field notes.

FY2027 rent references for District of Columbia

HUD’s county workbook contains 1 location rows across 1 FMR areas in District of Columbia. The two-bedroom references range from $2,438 in District of Columbia (Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area) to $2,438 in District of Columbia (Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area). These are area references including utilities, not a statewide voucher amount.

Source: HUD FY2027 county and town workbook, effective October 1, 2026 (notice); scope and dates. Section 8 fair market rents by ZIP code.

District of Columbia housing agency directory

The HUD District of Columbia contact report lists 2 agencies; these 2 run Section 8 or combined programs.

• D.C Housing AuthorityDC001 · Combined
• Community ConnectionsDC880 · Section 8