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Closed: Tarrant County, Texas Section 8 HCV

The Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office (TCHAO) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List is currently closed. It was last open for three days in March 2017; and before that for seven days in February 2010.

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

This waiting list has the following preferences: Elderly, disabled, Terrant County resident.

Applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.

Applicants placed on the waiting list can check their status here. If an applicant needs to update application information, they must inform the TCHAO in writing.

For more information, visit the TCHAO website, or call the office at (817) 531-7640.

Last Updated on 03/17/2017.

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About Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office

2100 Circle Drive, Fort Worth, TX | Visit Website | (817) 531-7654

Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office provides affordable housing for up to 2,972 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program..

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office is located in Tarrant County, TX and Grapevine, TX.

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

About the Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office manages 2,864 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 2,287 11 154 27 24 113 248
Monthly Cost Per Voucher $771 $1,076 $1,028 $691 $1,050 $571 $677
Monthly Cost $1,763,789 $11,841 $158,289 $18,665 $25,199 $64,544 $167,939
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 13% having issued approximately 232 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 6 years and 11 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 68 months on the waiting list1.

Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.6 persons and has a household income of $13,767 per year. 95% of households were very low income (VLI) and 70% were extremely low income (ELI). 31% 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 61% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.

Heads of Household Characteristics

2% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 59% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 20% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 19% 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.

54% of households included children, 4% of which had two adults in the household. 51% of households with children have a female head of household. 86% of all households were headed by a female.

79% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 69% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office Housing Choice Voucher program, 21% include at least one person with a disability. 34% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 70% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

24% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 39% with 2 bedrooms and 38% with 3 or more bedrooms. 21% 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 Tarrant County Housing Assistance Office voucher holders in 2016 was $345 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $706. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $102.

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.