Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Project-Based Waiting List is Closed as of October 2024. The waiting list was last open in June 2021 and remains closed.

Nathan Brunet

Analysis by Nathan Brunet

Last Updated: February, 23rd 2024

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This waiting list is for Other Project Based rental housing assistance in Brownsville, Texas.

The Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville (HACB) Rental Assistance Demonstration Program waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from December 9, 2020 until June 30, 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:

  • CPS Referred    
  • Honorable discharged VeteransVeterans that have been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.
  • Housing Condemned by the City of BrownsvilleFamilies who reside in housing that has been condemned by the City of Brownsville.
  • Mainstream Vouchers for Non-Elderly DisabledNon-elderly persons with disabilities who are transitioning out of institutional and other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless.
  • PH involuntary transfers due to RADFamilies in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to permanent involuntary displacement as a result of a project's conversion of assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).
  • PH involuntary transfers due to RADFamilies in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to permanent involuntary displacement as a result of a project's conversion of assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).
  • Presidential Declared DisasterFamilies who are victims of a Presidential declared disaster or during a local emergency that has been declared by the chief elected official of the responsible entity who has proclaimed that there is an immediate need for public action to protect the public safety. Families who reside in housing that have been condemned by the City of Brownsville. Families, residents of the City of Brownsville, whose homes (owned or rented), have been destroyed by fire and have been referred by the Red Cross for assistance.
  • Public Housing Involuntary TransferFamilies in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to PHA action involving rehab of unit or emergency conditions that make the unit uninhabitable while undergoing repairs.
  • Red Cross ReferredFamilies, residents of the City of Brownsville, whose homes (owned or rented) have been destroyed by fire and have been referred by the Red Cross for assistance.
  • VAWA Emergency Transfers to HACB familiesHACB will give preference to families living in a HACB owned Public Housing property, Project Based Voucher, or PBV-RAD who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and meet the eligibility requirements outline in HACB's VAWA Emergency Transfer Move Plan.
  • Victims of Domestic ViolenceVictims of Domestic Violence. Requirements: Referral from a family violence prevention organization, police report and a protective order.
  • Working Families, Elderlies, DisabledWorking families whose head or spouse is currently employed and to include families whose head of household or spouse is sixty-two (62) years of age or disabled receiving a disability pension with a disability rating of 80% or higher. (Social Security Income and/or Supplemental Security Income recipients will automatically receive preference.)
  • Youth, foster care & TDHSYouth who are at least 18 years old and not more than 21 years old (has not reached 22nd birthday) who left foster care at age 16 or older and who does not have adequate housing and have been referred by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the HACB website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACB Facebook page on February 2, 2021.

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Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Project-Based Applicant Preferences

Rental Assistance Demonstration Program has preferences for: Elderly, Displaced by Natural Disaster, Victims of Domestic Violence, Veterans, Working/Employed, Live in Substandard Housing, Disabled, Preferences Unconfirmed, Current PHA Residents, Referred by Local Assistance Program, Non-Elderly Disabled, Youth Aging Out of Foster Care. Preferences are not required but Project-Based applicants that meet these criteria will be moved up the waiting list.

Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville

Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Project-Based Waiting List is managed by Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville.

Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville provides affordable housing for up to 3,116 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.

This housing agency serves Brownsville, Texas.

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