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Closed: Amarillo, Texas Section 8 HCV

The City of Amarillo Community Development Department (CACDD) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The CACDD last accepted Section 8 HCV applications for this waiting list from January 24, 2022, until February 7, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Residency within the Amarillo city limits
  • Homelessness
  • Families with children under the age of 18

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the CACDD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the CACDD public notice on January 21, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Amarillo, Texas.

Last Updated on 07/24/2022.

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About City of Amarillo Community Development Department

808 South Buchanan Street, Amarillo, TX | Visit Website | (806) 378-4203

City of Amarillo Community Development Department provides affordable housing for up to 1,626 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program..

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by City of Amarillo Community Development Department is located in Amarillo, TX.

Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.

About the City of Amarillo Community Development Department Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, City of Amarillo Community Development Department manages 1,231 active Housing Choice Vouchers.

The following table summarizes types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2021:

Standard Homeownership Family Unification Tenant Protection Ported Out VASH Non-Elderly Disabled
Vouchers 974 6 28 1 27 94 101
Monthly Cost Per Voucher $634 $537 $818 $302 $1,259 $425 $435
Monthly Cost $617,474 $3,221 $22,895 $302 $33,996 $39,954 $43,904
Waiting List and Tenancy

According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 26% having issued approximately 49 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 6 years and 2 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 50 months on the waiting list1.

Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.7 persons and has a household income of $11,160 per year. 98% of households were very low income (VLI) and 77% were extremely low income (ELI). 32% of households had wages as a major source of income, 0% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 58% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.

Heads of Household Characteristics

4% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 59% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 23% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 14% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 0% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.

59% of households included children, 6% of which had two adults in the household. 55% of households with children have a female head of household. 79% of all households were headed by a female.

64% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 36% of all heads of households being Black and 0% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the City of Amarillo Community Development Department Housing Choice Voucher program, 17% include at least one person with a disability. 32% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 74% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

29% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 25% with 2 bedrooms and 46% with 3 or more bedrooms. 12% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.

Rent, Assistance, and Utility Allowances

The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by City of Amarillo Community Development Department voucher holders in 2016 was $292 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $690. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $145.

1. This Picture of Subsidized Households data field is the average wait time of those who received a voucher in the preceding 12 months. Due to special voucher programs like VASH, recent waiting list purges, or waiting list preferences the average wait time can vary significantly from one year to the next and it is entirely possible many current applicants on the waiting list have been waiting for assistance for far longer.