Austin housing waiting lists and where to apply
Check the Austin Housing Authority (formerly HACA), HATC and each property’s own list separately. Then confirm the actual unit before you pay a fee or tour.
Housing guides for Texas renters
Pick your question. Each guide links to the official sources behind it, and our city guides show where to apply locally.
Texas city guides
San Antonio housing waiting lists and where to apply
Check your Opportunity Home list category and record, then apply directly with privately managed properties without mixing up the two.
Houston housing waiting lists and where to apply
Tell a Housing Alliance HTX or Harris County Housing Authority list apart from a property’s own list. Check that a window is current, and confirm the unit before you go.
Where to apply in Dallas: DHA lotteries, waiting lists and private properties
Find out whether a Dallas application puts you in a DHA lottery, on a property’s own list or up for a real apartment. Then check the unit before you pay a fee.
Where to apply in Fort Worth: FWHS waiting lists and affordable communities
Match a Fort Worth opening to the right FWHS program and read a notice for its dates and unit sizes. Then check a community before you pay to apply.
Austin income limits: choose the right table
An Austin apartment can carry city affordability rules, tax credit restrictions or both. Find out the unit’s program before you compare income, especially if your search goes past city limits or includes students.
San Antonio income limits: choose the right table
A Bexar County income comparison answers a different question from an Opportunity Home assistance application. Work out which review you need and what changes when your search crosses into Medina County.
Houston income limits: choose the right table
A “Houston area” label doesn’t tell you which income table or rent calculation applies. Separate Harris and Brazoria addresses, then tell an unassisted tax credit quote apart from subsidized rent.
Dallas income limits: choose the right table
Before comparing Dallas apartments, separate the property’s income limit from DHA eligibility and the leasing office’s screening policy. One DFW income figure can’t answer all three.
Fort Worth income limits: choose the right table
Start with the county of your apartment in the Fort Worth area, then find out whether its rent requires assistance. Tarrant County figures and an FWHS connection don’t prove eligibility on their own.
Austin SMART Housing: what to ask before you apply
What a city development incentive means for you, which unit rules apply and where you apply.
Opportunity Home San Antonio: choose a housing route
Sort out public housing, vouchers and other community options before you apply.
Housing Alliance HTX and Houston voucher searches
Find out who handles your application and which approvals a rental needs before you can move in.
Dallas voucher acceptance: verify the specific property
Check the property’s program rules and get the reason for any refusal in writing, instead of trusting a citywide claim.
FWHS communities: affordable rent, vouchers and property assistance
Find the program tied to a unit, then pick the right Fort Worth application.
Income and applications
How to qualify for an income restricted apartment in Texas
Count your household, find the right income limit table and learn what the property checks. Then you’ll know where you stand before you pay a fee.
Texas tax credit apartments: how LIHTC income limits, rent and utilities work
Learn what a tax credit unit is, how its income limit, rent cap and utility allowance fit together, and what to ask first.
Apartment screening in Texas: credit, rental history, records and report errors
Read the written criteria before you pay, plan around credit, eviction or criminal history, and fix screening report errors.
Student households and LIHTC: what to ask before you apply
Being a full-time student can mean an extra eligibility check, even when income is low.
Documents you need to apply for an income restricted apartment
Get the property’s own checklist and gather records for every kind of income, including gig, self-employed, cash and seasonal pay. Then send them only through a channel you know is theirs.
Household needs
Renting on SSI, SSDI or another fixed income
Keep three things apart: the program’s income limit, the owner’s income minimum and any rental assistance. Then build a rent budget you can keep up with.
Finding an apartment that meets your access needs
Check the actual unit, and ask for any change you need to the application process.
Senior housing options in Texas: age rules, programs, household members and cost
See how 55+ and 62+ rules work and how subsidized senior housing differs from a tax credit unit with an age rule. Then compare costs before you apply.
Searching for a two or three bedroom apartment
Check unit size, household rules and daily travel before you apply.
Housing programs
Housing Choice Vouchers in Texas: from the waiting list to a signed lease
How to apply, search, get a unit approved and keep your voucher from running out, with the right agency for each Texas city.
Help tied to a building (PBV and PBRA) or a voucher that moves with you
Learn who runs each kind of assistance, where you apply, how your rent is figured and what happens if you move out.
Public housing and waiting lists in Texas: from application to an actual offer
Find the right housing agency, apply when a list opens, keep your place active and know what happens when you’re selected.
LIHTC, Section 8, public housing and market rate: how they compare
What each apartment label means, how rent is set, who takes your application and where to apply first in Texas.
Your income or household changed during the lease: what happens next
Who to tell, how recertification works and how your rent may change. A tax credit unit and a unit with rental assistance follow different rules.
USDA rural rentals: a separate option outside our city search
Use USDA’s rental resources and check what assistance the property has.
Texas benefits and utility help to look into during your housing search
Apply through official channels, and keep each program’s decision separate.
Working with our team
How our free apartment locating service works, and how to check our license
What we do, what the community or agency decides, how we get paid, and how to look up our brokerage on TREC’s site.
Help a client start a Texas housing search: a guide for case managers
Get consent, write down what the search needs, compare locations across Texas cities and hand off a clear plan without promising approval.