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Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Fort Worth Housing Solutions (FWHS) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for apartments at Stallion Ridge Apartment Homes is currently open. Applications are being accepted from April 16, 2021 at 8:00 am CT, until further notice.
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the FWHS Facebook page.
Sources: This information was verified by the FWHS Facebook Page on April 26, 2021.
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Fort Worth, Texas.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (817) 333-3400.
IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.
Last Updated on 03/28/2022.
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Fort Worth Housing Solutions (FWHS) waiting list for Public Housing apartments is currently open, since at least February, 2019, until further notice.
To apply during the opening period, pick up an application at one of the communities listed here.
For more information, visit the FWHS Housing Programs page, or the FWHS website.
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Fort Worth, Texas. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (817) 333-3400.
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 04/27/2021.
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Fort Worth Housing Solutions (FWHS) waiting list for Affordable Housing apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least November, 2019, until further notice.
To apply during the opening period, contact one of the communities listed here.
For more information, visit the FWHS Housing Programs page, or the FWHS website.
This waiting list is for Other rental assistance in Forth Worth, Texas.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (817) 333-3400.
Last Updated on 04/27/2021.
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Fort Worth Housing Solutions (FWHS) Permanent Supportive Housing waiting list for apartments at the communities listed below is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least November, 2019, until further notice.
Please note: According to FWHS, these communities are, "for individuals struggling with chronically homelessness."
This opening is for the following communities:
To apply during the opening period, applicants must be referred by the Tarrant County Homeless Coalition (TCHC). Information on how to get an assessment can be found here.
For more information, visit the FWHS website.
This waiting list is for Other rental assistance in Fort Worth, Texas.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (817) 996-8800.
Last Updated on 04/27/2021.
The Fort Worth Housing Solutions (FWHS) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from January 25, 2021, until January 29, 2021. 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:
5,000 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences
For more information, visit the FWHS website.
Sources: This information was verified by the FWHS Facebook page on January 18, 2021.
This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Fort Worth, Texas.
Last Updated on 07/25/2021.
The Fort Worth Housing Solutions (FWHS) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 1, 2, and 3-Bedroom apartments at the properties listed below is closed.
FWHS last accepted applications from February 1, 2021, until an unconfirmed date in 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
This opening was for the following properties:
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received.
For more information, visit the FWHS Housing Programs page, or the FWHS website.
Sources: This information was verified by FWHS on October 14, 2021.
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Forth Worth, Texas.
Last Updated on 03/15/2022.
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Fort Worth Housing Solutions provides affordable housing for up to 7,201 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..
In addition, Fort Worth Housing Solutions offers other programs for eligible households, including:
Low-income housing managed by Fort Worth Housing Solutions is located in Fort Worth, TX.
Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Fort Worth Housing Solutions manages 5,095 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 | |
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Vouchers | 4,277 | 116 | 57 | 277 | 25 | 343 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $803 | $883 | $898 | $924 | $1,260 | $643 |
Monthly Cost | $3,435,514 | $102,463 | $51,190 | $256,075 | $31,509 | $220,475 |
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 7% having issued approximately 743 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 7 years and 10 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 49 months on the waiting list1.
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.4 persons and has a household income of $12,687 per year. 96% of households were very low income (VLI) and 76% were extremely low income (ELI). 29% of households had wages as a major source of income, 1% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 64% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
2% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 55% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 23% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 20% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 1% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
49% of households included children, 3% of which had two adults in the household. 47% of households with children have a female head of household. 83% of all households were headed by a female.
85% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 75% of all heads of households being Black and 0% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Fort Worth Housing Solutions Housing Choice Voucher program, 25% include at least one person with a disability. 35% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 84% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
28% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 39% with 2 bedrooms and 32% with 3 or more bedrooms. 22% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.
The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Fort Worth Housing Solutions voucher holders in 2016 was $313 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $707. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $95.
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.